On Tue, 25 Apr 2023 15:30:37 -0300, Jorge P. de Morais Neto wrote: > I now want to change my user's umask from 022 to 027, so new files and > directories will also be secure. I have tried adding to ~/.profile the > line > > umask 027
That sets the umask for the shell that runs the profile file, not for your GNOME session. > > and rebooting but it did not work. I tested by, in Emacs (launched from > Gnome), creating a new file in my Home and it did not respect the 027 > umask. > > So, how do I change my user's umask for the entire Gnome session? Do you have a separate filesystem for /home? If so, the simplest option is to set umask in its mount options in fstab. This will affect all users, except root, and it won't affect files you write outside of $HOME. -- Neil Bothwick She's fine, upstanding, and wonderful laying down.
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