RE: Umask question

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On Wed, 2007-01-17 at 10:04 -0600, Aaron Konstam wrote:
> On Wed, 2007-01-17 at 08:10 -0600, Styma, Robert E (Robert) wrote:
> >  > Hi
> > > 
> > > if I issue the ommand umask I get a value of 0022. I thought umask
> > > values were 022, what's the extra digit for?
> > > 
> > > Thanks
> > > Dan
> > By convention, octal numbers have a leading zero.  This is a
> > carry over from the C programming language.
> > 
> > Bob
> > 
> I am not sure that is true. There is a forth (the first on in the
> output) that refers to SUID, GUID and stcky bit,
I should try my answer before I shoot off my mouth. It looks like umask
cannor set that fourth digit, so I guess I am wrong.
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