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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc
Subject: ftpd default umask
Date: 16 Feb 1996 19:44:56 GMT
Organization: Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
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I have BSD/OS 1.1 and 2.0 and I noticed that ftpd has a default
umask 022 in both.  I'd like to change it to 002 (which among
other things is the most common) without having the users every
time have to change it.  I couldn't find any configuration file
or switch that would allow an administrator to change the default
umask, so I'm wondering if it can be done or it's hard-wired
at compile time.

Many thanks in advance.

Feel free to reply on the Net or to me directly at
rmay@cati.csufresno.edu.

-Robert May