Default permission for the folder when mkdir

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  1. edrifkin, Sep 23, 2008

    edrifkin macrumors member

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    Hi,

    From terminal when I create a new directory using 'mkdir' command, the permission of the folder is set to 777 by default. Is there a way I can change the default to be 700?
     
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  2. MacRumors Guy, Sep 24, 2008

    MacRumors Guy macrumors member

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    Use umask .
     
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