Best practices for umask in Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Issue
- The way to change the default umask on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 is different. How can I change the umask on different versions of Red Hat Enterprise Linux
- Are there any issues I can expect if I change the default umask?
- What is the default value of umask in Red Hat Enterprise Linux?
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
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