Re: Setting default permissions under gnome

[Jack Dodds <brmdamon aci on ca>]

To reply to my own question (in case someone else wants to know):

(And also to invite comments on pitfalls of this approach from more 
knowledgeable users than myself!)

In file: /etc/gdm/Xsession

just after the section commented:
# initialize variables for use by all session scripts

As root, I added the line:
umask 0027

NOW, e.g., if under my own (non-root) user id I create a new file with 
Abiword, it has permissions rw-r-----.

So, users can only read my files if they are members of my group.




Jack Dodds wrote:

> I'm using Debian Sarge.
>
> At present, while using Gnome, applications typically create files 
> with permissions rw-r--r--.
>
> I want to change this so that files are craeted with permissions 
> rw-r-----.
>
> That is, I want umask to be 0027, not 0022.