export PS1='\u@\h $ ';
# sets the history length and max file size so we can get some long history around here.
export HISTSIZE=1000000
-export HISTFILESIZE=2000000
+export HISTFILESIZE=8000000
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# umask sets a permission mask for all file creations. the mask used here
- # disallows writing by the "group" and "others" categories.
- umask 022
+ # disallows writes by the "group" and disallows "others" completely.
+ umask 027
# ulimit sets user limits. we set the maximum allowed core dump file size
# to zero, because it is obnoxious to see the core dumps from crashed
# programs lying around everywhere.