NAME
pam_umask - PAM module to set the file mode creation mask
SYNOPSIS
pam_umask.so [debug] [silent] [usergroups] [nousergroups] [umask=mask]
DESCRIPTION
pam_umask is a PAM module to set the file mode creation mask of the current environment. The umask affects the default permissions assigned to newly created files.
The PAM module tries to get the umask value from the following places in the following order:
The GECOS field is split on comma ',' characters. Entries must be set in its 'other' (sub-)field (the 5th field within the GECOS field), which could be done, for example, using chfn --other. In addition to the umask= entry, the module also recognizes the pri= entry, which sets the nice priority value for the session, and the ulimit= entry, which sets the maximum size of files the processes in the session can create.
OPTIONS
debug
silent
usergroups
nousergroups
umask=mask
MODULE TYPES PROVIDED
Only the session type is provided.
RETURN VALUES
PAM_SUCCESS
PAM_BUF_ERR
PAM_CONV_ERR
PAM_INCOMPLETE
PAM_SERVICE_ERR
PAM_USER_UNKNOWN
EXAMPLES
Add the following line to /etc/pam.d/login to set the user specific umask at login:
\n
session optional pam_umask.so umask=0022
\nSEE ALSO
pam.conf(5), pam.d(5), pam(7)
AUTHOR
pam_umask was written by Thorsten Kukuk <[email protected]>.