umask

[jwantz at hpcc2.hpcc.noaa.gov]

Well, according to man 5 fstab the 6th entry will tell fsck to skip 
checking that particular file systemso mething you'd want with a CDROM, 
but certainly not with ext2.

     Jim
On Wed, 19 Jun 2002, Steve Holmes wrote:

> I realize the value and meaning of umask on the fstab options I think
> what I wasn't sure about was the last two numeric options at the end
> of the entry.  For ext2, I have 1 1 and on the FAT entries, it shows
> as 1 0.  At this point, I don't recall if slackware did that or if I
> specifically set it that way based on man page info.  Like I said
> before, I need to go back and review that stuff.  I set those up quite
> some time ago; it works great so leave it alone and thusly forget
> about it:).
> 
> On Tue, Jun 18, 2002 at 08:28:44PM -0400, jwantz at hpcc2.hpcc.noaa.gov wrote:
> > Hi Steve,
> > Well umask is the exclusive or of the file permissions you want to assign 
> > to files by default.  E.g. umask 022 would assign file permissions of 755 
> > to your user files. Most sys admins use 022 and its the responsibility of 
> > the user to ensure their privacy if they have something sensitive.
> > 
> >     Jim Wantz WB0TFK
> > 
> > 
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