Documentation inconsistency: default umask in Securing Debian Manual online vs. actual default on trixie
Alma Madeleine <[email protected]> Mon, 1 Dec 2025 17:35:25 +0100
| Newsgroups | gmane.linux.debian.devel.documentation |
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Dear maintainers, On page 36 in https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/securing-debian-manual/securing-debian-manual.en.pdf we see, “Debian's default umask setting is 022 […]”. On page 39 in https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/securing-debian-manual/securing-debian-manual.de.pdf we see, “Das Standardwert von Umask ist in Debian 022.” But on my trixie, umask is 002 by default for a normal user. Please fix this inconsistency. Gratefully! AlMa