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Re: CNews problems

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From: David J. MacKenzie
Date: Mon, 04 Dec 1989 16:51
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In article <1989Dec3.014328.9176@utzoo.uucp> henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) writes:
>The only way I know of that stuff could get created unreadable
>is if your umask was set to turn off the read bits, and chmod will *not*
>override that (i.e., "chmod +rx" probably wouldn't have helped).

However, "chmod a+rx" *will* override the umask.
-- 
David J. MacKenzie <djm@eng.umd.edu>
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From: djm@twiddle.eng.umd.edu (David J. MacKenzie)
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Subject: Re: CNews problems
Message-ID: <8912041651.AA01167@twiddle.eng.umd.edu>
Date: 4 Dec 89 16:51:51 GMT
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