[Gllug] File permissions and umask on Ubuntu (and I think probably, Debian)

[Jason Clifford]

On Sat, 6 Jan 2007, John Winters wrote:

> describes how to configure things to set umask correctly using 
> libpam-umask and I've done what it says.  This has had the desired 
> effect on text mode logins, but not on Gnome sessions invoked through 
> gdm.  I've tested putting different settings in 
> /etc/pam.d/common-session and they come through correctly in an 
> old-fashioned login, but every time I login through gdm I get 0022, 
> regardless of what I asked for.

Have you considered just changing the system so users don't have their own 
groups and using groups properly?

Jason
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