Re: NetBSD and User Private Groups (Unique Groups)

[Martin Husemann <martin%duskware.de@localhost>]

On Wed, Jan 29, 2020 at 11:29:54AM +0000, Ottavio Caruso wrote:
> On a multi user system, all files are created readable by the group (umask
> 022). If we are all in the same group, anybody can read my newly created
> files (imagine a local password file for alpine or ssl certs for irc, etc).
> It's then left to the user to change umask and/or adjust permissions. Why
> not just make it easier for the user?

But sharing is usefull and your suggested change makes it hard.
Add setting a proper umask to /etc/skel/.shrc instead?

Martin