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I have added umask 002 to /etc/profile, but software like git and apache still sets files to 755 instead of 775. Is there a way to force umask 002 for all programs on a machine?

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I don't know if this can be done globally but tracking down the startup scripts for the relevant software and setting the umask there should do the trick.

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  • I think I found at least some of the problem. I switched to zsh and then /etc/profile doesn't seem to get loaded. Thanks for your answer.
    – grm
    May 7, 2010 at 13:54
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