Permissions for auto-save files

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From: David Grabiner
Date: Wed, 31 Jul 1991 20:16

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My umask setting is 022, which is the usual default.  When I edit a file
whose permissions are set to 600 (read and write access for me alone),
the auto-save file has permission 644.  This is not correct; if I have
set the permissions to 600 to prevent other people from reading the
file, I don't want to leave a publicly readable auto-save file lying
around.

When an auto-save file is created, its permissions should be the same as
those of the visited file, possibly modified by the umask.  An auto-save
file for a buffer not visiting a file (such as *mail*) should probably
have permissions 600, so that you don't have to turn off auto-save or
change your umask to send a confidential Email message.

I am using Emacs 18.57.3 on a SUN 4.

David Grabiner, grabiner@zariski.harvard.edu
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