reverted to umask 022 to allow others to read, since turning off the rx bits for...

diff --git a/scripts/core/variables.sh b/scripts/core/variables.sh
index 868129259814bc69a4a8cd9335080ab4b74c32fe..2394821ba53874fd9d4d7e99faa555872e150679 100644 (file)
--- a/scripts/core/variables.sh
+++ b/scripts/core/variables.sh
@@ -78,9 +78,12 @@ if [ -z "$NECHUNG" ]; then
   
   ##############
   
-  # umask sets a permission mask for all file creations.  the mask used here
-  # disallows writes by the "group" and disallows "others" completely.
-  umask 027
+  # umask sets a permission mask for all file creations.
+  # this mask disallows writes by "group" and "others".
+  umask 022
+  # this mask 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.