Protecting Your Files - umask
Command syntax:
host% umask value
Octal values deny access privileges
1 x 4 r 7 rwx
2 w 5 rx
3 wx 6 rw
default value 22 Group and Others have
no write permission.
most restrictive 77 Group and Others have
no permissions.
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