The umask tells the file system which bits to NOT set when th user creates a file. I believe the default is 777, OR the permissions of the parent directory. Then the umask is applied. The umask is usually set in the users .profile, but can be globally set in the /etc/profile depending on the flavor of UNIX.
Charles Shaffer Senior Analyst NTN-Bower Corporation
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