Bug#314539: [Pkg-shadow-devel] Bug#314539: please remove UMASK from login.defs

[Alexander Gattin]

Hi!

On Fri, Jun 17, 2005 at 01:18:13AM +0200, martin f krafft wrote:
> Since any login session these days will invoke a shell,

Not true.

> there is no point in having login.defs set the umask
> -- the shell will override it anyway.

Not true again: tcsh, zsh

> Thus, so that people do not have to decide between
> login.defs and profile when trying to set an umask globally,
> I suggest login.defs removes the setting.

I suggest the opposite (explanations follow
in the next msg).

-- 
WBR,
xrgtn