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NAME

       pam_umask - PAM module to set the file mode creation mask

SYNOPSIS

       pam_umask.so [debug] [silent] [usergroups] [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:

       o   umask= argument

       o   umask= entry of the users GECOS field

       o   pri= entry of the users GECOS field

       o   ulimit= entry of the users GECOS field

       o   UMASK= entry from /etc/default/login

       o   UMASK entry from /etc/login.defs

OPTIONS

       debug
           Print debug information.

       silent
           Don't print informative messages.

       usergroups
           If the user is not root, and the user ID is equal to the group ID,
           and the username is the same as primary group name, the umask group
           bits are set to be the same as owner bits (examples: 022 -> 002,
           077 -> 007).

       umask=mask
           Sets the calling process's file mode creation mask (umask) to mask
           & 0777. The value is interpreted as Octal.

MODULE TYPES PROVIDED

       Only the session type is provided.

RETURN VALUES

       PAM_SUCCESS
           The new umask was set successfully.

       PAM_SERVICE_ERR
           No username was given.

       PAM_USER_UNKNOWN
           User not known.

EXAMPLES

       Add the following line to /etc/pam.d/login to set the user specific
       umask at login:

                   session optional pam_umask.so umask=0022

SEE ALSO

       pam.conf(5), pam.d(5), pam(7)

AUTHOR

       pam_umask was written by Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk@thkukuk.de>.