Re: HOW to set the UMASK?
On Sunday, 18 May 2008 at 19:34, Keld Jørn Simonsen wrote:
> On Sun, May 18, 2008 at 12:13:06PM -0500, Kyle Wheeler wrote:
> > On Saturday, May 17 at 10:42 PM, quoth Keld Jørn Simonsen:
> > > I have a related problem, when I create files from mutt they are
> > > 600, I would lke them to be 644. My umask is 022. Is there anything
> > > I can do to have my new files 644?
> >
> > Modify main.c. Mutt *ALWAYS* calls umask(077) before doing anything,
> > so you'd need to either remove that call from the main.c or you'd need
> > to modify it to suit your needs.
>
> I see. Would it be possible to add some command to .muttrc to override
> this? eg a umask command? That would be easier for me and others needing
> this functionality than recompiling the sources every time mutt is used
> on a new system.
>
> Or maybe a "set no_mutt_umask=yes" to just keep the umask of the environment.
There was a (very) long discussion of this a year ago, including a patch.
Rather than repeating history, let me point you to:
http://lists.df7cb.de/mutt/message/20070303.051241.22a57515.en.html