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Directory and file management

Setting default permissions

When a file is created its default permissions are set. These default settings may be changed by placing an appropriate umask command in the system profile (/etc/profile).

umask settings for different security levels

Level of security umask Disallows
Permissive 0002 w for others
Moderate 0027 w for group, rwx for others
Severe 0077 rwx for group and others


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