How can newly created files and directories inherit permission from their parent directory?

Asked Mar 28 '18 at 07:45

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I want to set up a folder such that anything created within it (directories, files) inherit default permissions 777. Can we set a umask for a particular directory to achieve this?

edited Mar 28 '18 at 08:15

Zanna

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asked Mar 28 '18 at 07:45

Kartik Agarwal

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There's rarely a good reason to use 777. – muru Mar 28 '18 at 07:49
you *can't* have files created by default with execute permission - no umask setting allows it – Zanna Mar 28 '18 at 07:51
`umask` is not a per-directory setting. It is a per-process setting, and governs only the behavior of that process and its children (unless the child process changes umask). – waltinator Mar 28 '18 at 14:09

How can newly created files and directories inherit permission from their parent directory?

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