Create File Permissions

So I was able to force globally all newly generated / created directories or folders to be set with 700 permissions by editing /etc/profile and changing the UMASK to '077'. That worked great for my Arch Linux workstation but I am now trying to understand how I can force all newly created files I create to have the same permissions. Is there a separate area I would need to set this up globally? I use 'wget' and 'touch' a lot and would like the files generated by those commands and or 'vim' to have 700 permissions. Does anyone know how I can accomplish this on my system?

umask 077 results in permissions of -rw------- for files and drwx------ for directories.
was that not what you wanted?
(nb: for obvious security reasons, umask won't make files executable by default)

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Just trying out an old version of Dreamweaver MX 2004. I am
using my webhosting service for remote server/testing server
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set up the database connection and test-retrieve a recordset with
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http://www.tom-muck.com/
"nigelssuk" <[email protected]> wrote in
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news:[email protected]...
> Just trying out an old version of Dreamweaver MX 2004. I
am using my
> webhosting
> service for remote server/testing server duties. It is
running PHP 4.3.10
> and
> MySQL 3.23.58. I was able to set up the database
connection and
> test-retrieve a
> recordset with no problems. In following the tutorial I
found that
> Livedata
> wouldn't work, it just giving me a warning about file
permissions being
> wrong.
> It turns out that when Dreamweaver creates a temporary
file of the
> work-in-progress to upload to the remote server the file
is created on the
> server with owner=rw, group=rw, world=r which explains
why it won't run -
> group
> has to be set to group=r. The file is created on the fly
and then
> immediately
> deleted by Dreamweaver so it is impossible to manually
set the permission
> on
> the server and probably fairly pointless too.
>
> I tried just saving the file and previewing in the
browser which again
> causes
> it to be uploaded to the remote server. The first time
this resulted in
> the
> browser offering a file download box instead of running
the page. The
> reason is
> - again - that Dreamweaver is setting the uploaded file
permissions to
> include
> group=rw. If I manually set the permission for group to
group=r it runs
> fine.
>
> It turns out that Dreamweaver is always setting the file
permissions on
> file
> uploads (checked php and html) to the remote/testing
server to include
> group=rw. Once I set it manually on the remote/testing
server to group=r
> for a
> php file everything is fine and subsequent uploads of
the same file do not
> change it again.
>
> I checked with the webhosting company and their
second-line have reported
> back
> to me that the default file permission they set on
uploaded files includes
> group=r so it must be DW that is causing the problem by
setting group=rw
> the
> first time. I confirmed this by using WS-FTP to upload
the same file
> (renamed)
> to the same target directory and the permissions set
were owner=rw,
> group=r,
> world=r.
>
> So
>
> Can anyone please tell me how to change the permissions
DW sets on files
> written to a remote server because I have spent
countless hours on it
> without
> success. From looking at other posts in this forum it
could be that other
> users
> are hitting the same kind of problem with DW8
>

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Hello again.
I'm still having problems with this. I made
a simple servlet that reads from and writes
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computer, but the writing doesn't, not even
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Hi Thy,
Based on my research, the Trusted Installer is a service, for those resources which only allow Trusted Installer to modify, neither Administrator nor System can modify them.
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We should keep the default permissions, if those files weren’t owned by Trusted Installer before, we should change the original owner back, vice versa.
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New ACLs Improve Security in Windows Vista
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/2007.06.acl.aspx
SYSK 277: How-To Bring Back the TrustedInstaller
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/irenak/archive/2007/01/30/sysk-277-how-to-bring-back-the-trustedinstaller.aspx
Best Regards,
Amy

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File Permissions on Oracle Directories for other Operating System Users

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Here's the trick/workaround:
(1) Create a group account (say "PasswordWalletGroup") whose members are the different user accounts that you want to access Password Wallet's data file (so, in my case I added myself and my wife into this group); &
(2) Give that group Read/Write access to the data file (via "Finder", select the data file, select "Get Info", and go to the section on "Sharing & Permissions" & simply add the group name & modify the privileges to "Read & Write").
Now, each user account in that group will be able to access Password Wallet's data file and can modify it. The Password Wallet application will still reset the permissions so that the last user account modifying the file will become the "owner" (Me) BUT the above group workaround will somehow trick the application. Thus, the next different user account that accesses it will be successful and the goofy application will again reset the permissions to let this account be the owner but the group permission will allow others to still access the data file.
It's clear that the Password Wallet application is doing something funky with the file permissions. Perhaps, it's a "file locking" scheme or something. The application clearly wants to reset the permissions so that the only user account with read/write access is the account that last modified the file. However, the workaround above somehow fools the application and allows multiple user accounts to access the data file (sequentially, of course, not simultaneously).

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I have recently merged two users on a 10.4.11 OS machine and ever since I've been unable to download a file in safari. The download window shows the requested file with a message reading:"cannot create file". There's plenty of space on disk so cannot be that.
I have swapped around the Library Safari preferences between old and new users, i have deleted Safari preferences, I have installed safari 3.2.1, repaired permissions and so on but Safari will still not download any files. Is there a way to completely uninstall then reinstall, or should I just try Safari 4? or does this still use some plist files from older installations?

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