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Re: umask - Problems & Solution

dummy@example.com (vi.joe) — Wed, 07 Oct 2026 13:08:24 +0000

thanks, added your suggestion to my config ;-)

dummy@example.com (kaiyel) — Wed, 30 Sep 2026 20:58:09 +0000

Did you try editing :

/etc/pam.d/common-session
/etc/pam.d/common-session-noninteractive

and update the "pam_umask.so" line to read :

session optional pam_umask.so usergroups umask=077

I believe the default UMASK settings for sessions has been moved out of /etc/login.defs and into pam.d settings.
--K

dummy@example.com (vi.joe) — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 12:25:45 +0000

new on Devuan Excalibur since end of June after some Years on Debian ... ;-)

and a funny Story setting my umask - long Story short:

1.) my old Approach

cat ~/.bashrc.d/set_umask

# ...
# umask 0077
# ...

works fine in Shell Context, but not in Desktop Context, e.g. for Dolphin

2.) ALL tried Solutions (/etc/login.defs, pam_umask.so etc.) DID NOT WORK - WHY - ANY IDEAS ?

3.) Finally, setting the desired umask in /etc/passwd WORKS:

sed -i 's/:\/home\/user:/umask=077:\/home\/user:/' /etc/passwd