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How do you apply umask settings to an account that doesn't log in?
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On my Ubuntu 11.04x64 server, I have service accounts running which do not log in and do not have home directories. These service accounts are responsible for running processes which are invoked as services. When these services created new files, I need them to be created with the permissions 664 (…
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If the services are started via Upstart or /etc/init.d, edit the appropriate initscripts. init.d: at the top of script (they are ordinary scripts) Upstart: anywhere Linux does not have a strict definition of "login", and an account is merely an UID …
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