On 15Mar2011 16:54, Gregory Machin <gdm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: | found the info I needed to get it correct | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umask "man 1 umask" should get you info also. You may need to follow up with "man 2 umask" and/or "man 3 umask". | 0 – read, write and execute | 1 – read and write | 2 – read and execute | 3 – read only | 4 – write and execute | 5 – write only | 6 – execute only | 7 – no permissions | so I ended up with umask 003 I use 002 myself; if I make an executable publicly readable I generally intend execute as well. Cheers, -- Cameron Simpson <cs@xxxxxxxxxx> DoD#743 http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/ What's the point of having Nebraska if we can't put it to its highest and best use? - Patrick Bedard arguing for a 100 mph speed limit -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines