Hello,

You are right.
To be exact, it's the same as "chmod a=,-s,+rwX FILES" (to handle
directories SGID and SUID also).
Then, these patchs are not usefull, but yes, a few lines more - with this
example - in documentation would help some guys like me.

Thanks,
Julien


Le 19 mars 2012 15:56, Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> a écrit :

> Isn't the proposed "chmod --umask FILES" almost the
> same as "chmod a=,+rwX FILES"?  If so, perhaps all we need
> to do is to update the documentation to mention this
> already-standardized solution to a common problem.
>