Why is the umask number not the same for different local users?

Asked Sep 11 '17 at 18:51

Active Sep 11 '17 at 18:57

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For one of my local users, "ram", the umask is 0002. Another user, "yas" has the umask value 0022 instead.

Shouldn't all users have gotten the same umask setting on their creation?

edited Sep 11 '17 at 18:57

Byte Commander

asked Sep 11 '17 at 18:51

1Deag Wonder

Did you mess any configuration files? – George Udosen Sep 11 '17 at 19:22
No, i dont think so. which file stores the default umask? – 1Deag Wonder Sep 11 '17 at 19:48
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@George The easier way is grep umask /etc/pam.d/newusers /etc/default/useradd /etc/login.defs /etc/useradd.conf ~ram/.bashrc ~yas/.bashrc. grep can handle multiple files. – waltinator Sep 11 '17 at 22:06
I wanted OP to add that way for better analysis @waltinator. – George Udosen Sep 11 '17 at 22:23
Ok run these commands: grep -i umask /etc/pam.d/newusers, grep -i umask /etc/default/useradd, grep UMASK /etc/login.defs and finally grep -i umask /etc/adduser.conf and post the outputs into your question – George Udosen Sep 11 '17 at 22:27

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