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Subject: RE: mkdir differences between 1.5.25 and 1.7
Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2009 08:22:23 -0800
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> > $ ls -ld /tmp/foo
> > drwxr-xr-x 1 root Administrators 0 Oct 29 20:27 /tmp/foo
>=20
> That's a umask thingy.  Your umask is probably set to 0022, and per
> POSIX, mkdir(2) has to take the umask into account.  If you use
> mkdir(1)
> from coreutils:
>=20
>   mkdir -m 777 /tmp/foo
>=20
> it should create the permissions as desired, though, since mkdir(1)
> sets the umask to 0 if the -m option has been given.

Thanks - that is the problem.   I don't see umask being set explicitly in /=
etc/profile on either 1.5.25 or 1.7.   Can you please confirm that it's bei=
ng set explicitly somewhere else for 1.7?

Appreciate the help!
jim

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