From efd49ae1788a4727b9bf6543a2fdea722d470365 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mark Hymers <markh@linuxfromscratch.org>
Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 14:33:58 +0000
Subject: Bug 130: set umask to 022

git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@1008 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
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 chapter03/creatingdirs.xml | 13 ++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

(limited to 'chapter03/creatingdirs.xml')

diff --git a/chapter03/creatingdirs.xml b/chapter03/creatingdirs.xml
index a37be20bd..f60101786 100644
--- a/chapter03/creatingdirs.xml
+++ b/chapter03/creatingdirs.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,18 @@
 <sect1 id="ch04-creatingdirs">
 <title>Creating directories</title>
 
-<para>Let's create the directory tree on the LFS partition based on the FHS
+<para>Before we start creating directories, we need to check the base
+system's umask setting.  To do this, we run
+<userinput>umask</userinput>.  The result should be 022.  If it isn't,
+then run the following command to ensure that the directories will be
+created with the correct permissions:</para>
+
+<para><screen><userinput>umask 022</userinput></screen></para>
+
+<para>We would advise you to make sure that the umask is set to 022
+throughout your LFS install.</para>
+
+<para>Let's now create the directory tree on the LFS partition based on the FHS
 standard, which can be found at <ulink
 url="http://www.pathname.com/fhs/">http://www.pathname.com/fhs/</ulink>.
 Issuing the following commands will create a default directory layout:</para>
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