On Sunday 15 December 2002 08:41 pm, J.Francois wrote: > a umask of 022, for example, means "take away access permisions" like s= o: > > 7 7 7 111 111 111 > - 0 2 2 000 010 010 <--- Here is your umask > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D > 7 5 5 111 101 101 > rwx r-x r-x I get it. If you have a user with full permission you take away some. So = then=20 a umask is actually related to a user shell and not a file's permission. = This=20 means that if a shell hits a file with a umask it understands that its=20 permission does not apply. Or does would it happen that a company would a= pply=20 permissions or a umask (ie. one or the other)? Looking at your example I know that must be the way it is: one or the oth= er. Thanks for your help. --=20 :-)~Mike~(-: