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Re: [fileutils] mkdir problem
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Heikki Orsila |
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Re: [fileutils] mkdir problem |
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Wed, 12 Apr 2006 11:38:30 +0300 |
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On Wed, Apr 12, 2006 at 03:40:30AM +0000, Eric Blake wrote:
> Thanks for the report. However, what is your umask?
0077
> The info pages also state (and POSIX requires) that intermediate
> directories created by mkdir -p be given permissions according to the
> current umask modified by u+wx. In other words, this is probably not
> a bug in mkdir, but a case of restrictive umask settings.
Then it's not a bug. I wasn't aware standards require that.
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