umask on Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS

[UXMan]

I've being trying to set the umask on my Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS installation to 077 and haven't been able. I've edited the /etc/login.defs to set the umask to 077 and also edited the following files:

/etc/init.d/bootlogd: umask 077
/etc/init.d/rc: umask 077
/etc/init.d/ssh: umask 077
/etc/init.d/umountfs: umask 077
/etc/init.d/urandom: umask 077
/etc/init.d/urandom: umask 077
/etc/init.d/urandom: umask 077

None of these changes impacted the directory and file creation. Everytime I create a new directory/file I get a result of 022 umask. I must clarify that this behavior does not apply to root user.
Could you please help me out on this one?

[ali abry]

if you want to make the change fore ever put it in ~/.bashrc which is in your home directory.

umask 0077

[UXMan]

What if it's not there? Where is this configuration being read from?

[schragge]

On a Debian-based system, it's usually from /etc/login.defs, but can be set e.g. in /etc/profile, too. But setting it in your ~/.bashrc overrides the system-wide default.

[UXMan]

Alright guys, i figured it out.

/etc/bash.bashrc is the system-wide bash profile config. You can set the umask you need on this file and will be system-wide, as previously said. ~/.bashrc will override the system-wide /etc/bash.bashrc.

You can mark this thread as being solved.

Thanks to everyone!