Re: How to change default umask in Stretch?

From	Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: How to change default umask in Stretch?
Date	2017-08-07 18:20 +0200
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On Mon, Aug 07, 2017 at 04:00:17PM +0000, Garrett R. wrote:
> I have created a file named ".xsessionrc" and it is in my home folder (~/.xsessionrc). Within this file I wrote this: umask 077.
> 
> No change is evident. I first tried a relogin. No effect. I then rebooted. Also no effect. Creating documents still results in rw-r--r--.

Easiest way to verify it would be to open a terminal and run "umask".

> (I am logging in with gnome display manager and opening documents from the gnome-shell interface, not from a terminal).

In that case, it sounds like GNOME is overriding your umask.  You may
have to ask a GNOME support list how to work around this.  The first
Google result I found suggests adding it in ~/.gnomerc instead (in
addition to a crapload of obviously, blatantly *wrong* answers, as
usual).  I don't know whether .gnomerc will work, but you can try.

Rebooting would not matter.  The ~/.xsessionrc file is read by the
Debian X session when you login.  The problem is, anything you set there
can be changed later, e.g. by GNOME.

I tested it just now on my system, creating a ~/.xsessionrc file
containing "umask 002", and then running "startx -- :1" from tty2.
This gave me a(nother) X session, in which the umask was set to 002 as
expected (confirmed by running umask in a terminal).  But I don't
use GNOME.  I just use a window manager, fvwm.

Thread

How to change default umask in Stretch? "Garrett R." <grtrbsn83@unseen.is> - 2017-08-06 23:00 +0200
  Re: How to change default umask in Stretch? Dennis Creedan <wingman619@gmail.com> - 2017-08-07 06:20 +0200
  Re: How to change default umask in Stretch? Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2017-08-07 07:00 +0200
    Re: How to change default umask in Stretch? "Garrett R." <grtrbsn83@unseen.is> - 2017-08-07 17:30 +0200
      Re: How to change default umask in Stretch? Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2017-08-07 17:40 +0200
        Re: How to change default umask in Stretch? "Garrett R." <grtrbsn83@unseen.is> - 2017-08-07 17:50 +0200
          Re: How to change default umask in Stretch? "Garrett R." <grtrbsn83@unseen.is> - 2017-08-07 19:20 +0200
            Re: How to change default umask in Stretch? Dejan Jocic <jodejka@gmail.com> - 2017-08-07 20:10 +0200
              Re: How to change default umask in Stretch? "Garrett R." <grtrbsn83@unseen.is> - 2017-08-07 20:10 +0200
                Re: How to change default umask in Stretch? Dejan Jocic <jodejka@gmail.com> - 2017-08-07 20:40 +0200
                Re: How to change default umask in Stretch? "Garrett R." <grtrbsn83@unseen.is> - 2017-08-07 21:10 +0200
                Re: How to change default umask in Stretch? "Garrett R." <grtrbsn83@unseen.is> - 2017-08-07 22:10 +0200
                Re: How to change default umask in Stretch? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2017-08-07 22:50 +0200
                Re: How to change default umask in Stretch? Reco <recoverym4n@gmail.com> - 2017-08-08 12:30 +0200
                Re: How to change default umask in Stretch? Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2017-08-09 14:10 +0200
                Re: How to change default umask in Stretch? Reco <recoverym4n@gmail.com> - 2017-08-10 07:20 +0200
                Re: How to change default umask in Stretch? Jonathan de Boyne Pollard <J.deBoynePollard-newsgroups@NTLWorld.COM> - 2017-08-12 10:20 +0200
                Re: How to change default umask in Stretch? "Garrett R." <grtrbsn83@unseen.is> - 2017-08-09 14:40 +0200
                Re: How to change default umask in Stretch? Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org> - 2017-08-07 23:20 +0200
                Re: How to change default umask in Stretch? Jonathan de Boyne Pollard <J.deBoynePollard-newsgroups@NTLWorld.COM> - 2017-08-12 11:10 +0200
                Re: How to change default umask in Stretch? Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org> - 2017-08-12 14:30 +0200
                Re: How to change default umask in Stretch? Jonathan de Boyne Pollard <J.deBoynePollard-newsgroups@NTLWorld.COM> - 2017-08-12 22:20 +0200
          Re: How to change default umask in Stretch? Dejan Jocic <jodejka@gmail.com> - 2017-08-07 19:20 +0200
        Re: How to change default umask in Stretch? "Garrett R." <grtrbsn83@unseen.is> - 2017-08-07 18:10 +0200
          Re: How to change default umask in Stretch? Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2017-08-07 18:20 +0200
            Re: How to change default umask in Stretch? "Garrett R." <grtrbsn83@unseen.is> - 2017-08-07 18:40 +0200
              Re: How to change default umask in Stretch? Dejan Jocic <jodejka@gmail.com> - 2017-08-07 19:00 +0200
                Re: How to change default umask in Stretch? Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2017-08-07 19:10 +0200
                Re: How to change default umask in Stretch? Dejan Jocic <jodejka@gmail.com> - 2017-08-07 19:10 +0200
                Re: How to change default umask in Stretch? Dejan Jocic <jodejka@gmail.com> - 2017-08-07 19:10 +0200
                Re: How to change default umask in Stretch? Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2017-08-07 19:10 +0200
      Re: How to change default umask in Stretch? Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2017-08-07 19:00 +0200
        Re: How to change default umask in Stretch? Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2017-08-07 19:20 +0200
  Re: How to change default umask in Stretch? Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2017-08-07 14:40 +0200

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