Set the default file creation umask

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Set the default file creation umask

You modify the default file creation umask so that, by default, users in your group have read-only access to files you create. Users outside your group have no access to the files you create.

Perform these steps using the non-privileged user account on the application server.

  1. Navigate to your home directory, for example:

    $ cd ~

  2. Using a text editor, open the .login file.
  3. Add the following text to the file:

    umask 027

  4. Save and close the file.
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