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  1. 03-25-2009 #1
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    Question Permission Settings

    What is the command to fix the permissions for file creation?

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    Have you looked into chmod ?
    try
    man chmod
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    chmod will allow you to modify the permissions of an existing file.

    If you are looking for a way to modify the permissions given to brand new files that you create, you will want to look into umask. Basically, umask takes in a number, and will subtract that number from 777 to get the permissions to give to new files (so umask lists the permissions that you _don't_ want your new file to have). On a bit more technical level, it works like this:
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    permissions = 0777 & ~umask
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