Try the umask environment parameter in your .profile.
- Jeff
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Michael Doyle
> Sent: Friday, March 05, 1999 5:47 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [newbie] file Permissions
>
>
> On Sat, 06 Mar 1999, you wrote:
> > I figured out why all my files were not working right it wasn't that
> > they were text files but the permissions are messed up... everytime i
> > try to install something the permissions for it are always messed up! is
> > their some setting i can change to stop this... i am not telling it to
> > save permissions i don't think but apparently it is! anyone have any
> > idea why it is doing this...i am using linux mandrake 5.3 if that has
> > anything to do with it
> >
> > ________________________________________________________
> >
>
> G'day
>
> Try this on the win box use WINZIP to zip all the RPMs into one
> zip file, then
> place this in your linux /home/dir or where you want and use KFM
> to find the
> zip file, right click and you should see Archiver as one of the
> options unzip
> with this and you should find all is well, works here for me :-))
> --
> Michael Doyle
> Adelaide, South Australia
> ICQ #2635762
> http://landofoz.apana.org.au
>
