Default Permissions

Question 1

How do you show default umask permissions?

Answer 1

umask

Question 2

What are the default permissions linux sets for a file excluding umask?

Answer 2

666

Question 3

What are the default permissions linux sets for a directory excluding umask?

Answer 3

777

Question 4

With a umask of 0022, what will the default permissions be for a new file?

Answer 4

644

Question 5

With a umask of 0022, what will the default permissions be for a new directory?

Answer 5

655

Question 6

How can you set the umask interactively?

Answer 6

umask >nnnn<

i. e umask 0002
* only affects current shell session

Question 7

How is umask set permanently?

Answer 7

In /etc/bashrc and /etc/profile