howto change default permissions for new file created with dolphin

[hcvv]

Sorry to be a bbit pedantic about this. But you mean that that umask is used when the hoem directory is created? Thus usseradd does:

umask <that-mask>
mkdir /home/<new-user>

(or the equivalent in system calls).
This value is thus used only one time for every user. Well after rereading the YaST explanation (in English, I first did it in Dutch), I think this is correct.

And your explanation in the SDB is very clear now. Thank you for that.

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@hcvv

I do not know much of PAM (just read a bit around the last half an hour). But programs must be PAM aware (meaning that calls to the PAM libraries must be coded in it).

As far as I know, “login” is PAM aware, and a user session inherits the default umask from login. So the PAM setting establishes a default for users who don’t define their own “umask”.

Personally, I set “umask 022” in my profile, in the unix spirit of sharing. Of course, I do have some files and directories that are more restrictive.

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@djh-novell

The opensuse way is just the traditional Unix way.

Yes, exactly right. And as a traditional unix user, that’s the way I prefer to see groups handled.