This is the README for pam_umask -------------------------------- pam_umask sets the set the file mode creation mask of the current environment. It tries to get the umask value from the following files in the following priority: - umask= argument - umask= entry of the users GECOS field - pri= entry of the users GECOS field - ulimit= entry of the users GECOS field - UMASK= entry from /etc/default/login - UMASK entry from /etc/login.defs