On Mon, Apr 30, 2001 at 09:17:05AM -0700, Michael Abraham Shulman wrote: > Why does the default /etc/skel/.bash_profile set the umask to 022? > Doesn't this defeat the purpose of having one group per user?
because user-private-groups are not mandatory in debian, and users should know what they are doing enough to change the umask if thier needs require it. just because you use the private-groups does not necessarily mean that group writability is what is desired. -- Ethan Benson http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/
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