Linux: Umask file, directory permission settings

What is umask? The command umask is used to set the file, directory permissions. In linux, you can set the file or directory permission for all users by editing /etc/profile (or in /etc/bashrc) file or for specific users by editing their respective ~/.bashrc file. For files, the default permission settings are 0666 (execute permission is disabled) and for directories it is 0777 To produce symbolic output, you can use umask with -s option $ umask -s (more…)