File permissions - how to edit a user account

file permissions - how to edit a user account that is creating files with permissions that are not wanted anymore.
i understand how to reset permissions on files or folders, but i do not understand how to reset the permissions a user is "creating".
ie, each time this user creates a file, the file needs to be manually edited for its permissions. so i need to edit the user's settings, but i can't find where to do that.
this is a home office setup. we have two users with admin privileges. our imac is acting as a server of sorts - it holds common files that need to be edited by both users. the other user is typically working on shared files from a macbook over wifi.
osx 10.6.8
any help is greatly appreciated - thanks up front!
adam

Király wrote:
Changing the umask does not produce reliable results. Many apps, including Apple's own Finder, will override any custom umask setting and apply the OS X standard set of read and write for the creator, and read only for group and others. This is true even in Snow Leopard
I cannot argue with you, because I've never tried or tested it myself. However, this KB article
<http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2202>
states the opposite:
"In Mac OS X v10.5.3 and later, you can create the file /etc/launchd-user.conf with the contents "umask nnn". […]
This will set the user's umask for all applications they launch, such as Finder, TextEdit, or Final Cut Pro, and control the permissions set on new files created by any of these applications."

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