[K12OSN] GUI editor file permissions

[jones yeates]

Yeah, I would be more comfortable with 644 than 664.  I just don't know what is determining the file permissions.

(I was tired when I wrote the last message, and the 1's should have been 4's.  Kind of embarrassing.)

> From: nils at breun.nl
> To: k12osn at redhat.com
> Subject: Re: [K12OSN] GUI editor file permissions
> Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2008 11:50:15 +0100
> 
> jones yeates wrote:
> 
> > I am getting my class to create php files and then view them through  
> > a browser.  Some of them are having problems viewing the file on my  
> > FC5 server.  They'll get permission denied, warning ... line 0...,  
> > or forbidden error messages.  I've been manually changing their file  
> > permissions to 755 and then the page works.
> >
> > I noticed that a student who had this problem:
> > - when a file was created using a GUI editor (Anjuta or Bluefish)  
> > the file permission was 611.  It received errors.
> > - when a file was created through vi, the file permission was 661.   
> > No errors opening the file in the browser.
> >
> > The umask of all users is 0002.  I believe that is fine since they  
> > are the only user in their group.
> >
> > 1.  What's going on?  I created the users through the same script  
> > and some are having file permission issues and others are not.
> >
> > 2.  Why aren't the default file permissions set to 775 if the umask  
> > is 0002?
> >
> > 3.  How can I get Anjuta or any other gui editor to set the default  
> > file permission to 755 or 661 or anything else?
> 
> AFAIK those scripts don't need the executable bit set, so something  
> like 644 would be more appropriate. This is also the default mode when  
> I touch a file.
> 
> Nils Breunese.
> 
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