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Re: gcc, Write and Modify permissions (ntsec)


On Fri, Nov 29, 2002 at 09:29:29AM +0300, Roman Belenov wrote:
> I've noticed that executables generated by gcc (cygwin 1.3.17-1, gcc
> 3.2-3, binutils 20021117-1, Windows XP) have Read, Read&Execute and
> Write permissions for group and others, ls -l shows their attributes
> as -rwxrwxrwx . It seems rather strange - I guess that Write
> permission for other users is not necessary. Another oddity is that
> chmod always toggles Write and Modify permisisons together, while gcc
> (or ld) sets only Write permission without Modify.
> 
> Is this an intended behaviour ? Are there any reasons for it ?

umask

Corinna

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