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<?xml version="1.0" encoding='UTF-8'?>
<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.3//EN"
	"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.3/docbookx.dtd">

<refentry id="pam_umask">

  <refmeta>
    <refentrytitle>pam_umask</refentrytitle>
    <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
    <refmiscinfo class="sectdesc">Linux-PAM Manual</refmiscinfo>
  </refmeta>

  <refnamediv id="pam_umask-name">
    <refname>pam_umask</refname>
    <refpurpose>PAM module to set the file mode creation mask</refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>

  <refsynopsisdiv>
    <cmdsynopsis id="pam_umask-cmdsynopsis">
      <command>pam_umask.so</command>
      <arg choice="opt">
	debug
      </arg>
      <arg choice="opt">
        silent
      </arg>
      <arg choice="opt">
        usergroups
      </arg>
      <arg choice="opt">
        nousergroups
      </arg>
      <arg choice="opt">
        umask=<replaceable>mask</replaceable>
      </arg>
    </cmdsynopsis>
  </refsynopsisdiv>

  <refsect1 id="pam_umask-description">

    <title>DESCRIPTION</title>

    <para>
      pam_umask is a PAM module to set the file mode creation mask
      of the current environment. The umask affects the default
      permissions assigned to newly created files.
    </para>
    <para>
      The PAM module tries to get the umask value from the
      following places in the following order:
      <itemizedlist>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            umask= entry in the user's GECOS field
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            umask= argument
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            UMASK entry from /etc/login.defs
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            UMASK= entry from /etc/default/login
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </itemizedlist>
    </para>
    <para>
      The GECOS field is split on comma ',' characters. The module
      also in addition to the umask= entry recognizes pri= entry,
      which sets the nice priority value for the session, and
      ulimit= entry, which sets the maximum size of files the processes
      in the session can create.
    </para>

  </refsect1>

  <refsect1 id="pam_umask-options">

    <title>OPTIONS</title>
    <para>
      <variablelist>

        <varlistentry>
          <term>
            <option>debug</option>
          </term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
	      Print debug information.
            </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>

        <varlistentry>
          <term>
            <option>silent</option>
          </term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              Don't print informative messages.
            </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>

        <varlistentry>
          <term>
            <option>usergroups</option>
          </term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              If the user is not root and the username is the same as
              primary group name, the umask group bits are set to be the
              same as owner bits (examples: 022 -> 002, 077 -> 007).
            </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>

        <varlistentry>
          <term>
            <option>nousergroups</option>
          </term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              This is the direct opposite of the usergroups option described above,
              which can be useful in case pam_umask has been compiled with
              usergroups enabled by default and you want to disable it at runtime.
            </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>

        <varlistentry>
          <term>
            <option>umask=<replaceable>mask</replaceable></option>
          </term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
               Sets the calling process's file mode creation mask (umask)
               to <option>mask</option> &amp; 0777. The value is interpreted
               as Octal.
            </para>
          </listitem>
	</varlistentry>

      </variablelist>

    </para>
  </refsect1>

  <refsect1 id="pam_umask-types">
    <title>MODULE TYPES PROVIDED</title>
    <para>
      Only the <option>session</option> type is provided.
    </para>
  </refsect1>

  <refsect1 id='pam_umask-return_values'>
    <title>RETURN VALUES</title>
    <para>
      <variablelist>

        <varlistentry>
          <term>PAM_SUCCESS</term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              The new umask was set successfully.
            </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>

        <varlistentry>
          <term>PAM_SERVICE_ERR</term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
	      No username was given.
            </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>

        <varlistentry>
          <term>PAM_USER_UNKNOWN</term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
	      User not known.
            </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>

      </variablelist>
    </para>
  </refsect1>

  <refsect1 id='pam_umask-examples'>
    <title>EXAMPLES</title>
    <para>
      Add the following line to <filename>/etc/pam.d/login</filename> to
      set the user specific umask at login:
      <programlisting>
        session optional pam_umask.so umask=0022
      </programlisting>
    </para>
  </refsect1>

  <refsect1 id='pam_umask-see_also'>
    <title>SEE ALSO</title>
    <para>
      <citerefentry>
	<refentrytitle>pam.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
      </citerefentry>,
      <citerefentry>
	<refentrytitle>pam.d</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
      </citerefentry>,
      <citerefentry>
	<refentrytitle>pam</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
      </citerefentry>
    </para>
  </refsect1>

  <refsect1 id='pam_umask-author'>
    <title>AUTHOR</title>
      <para>
        pam_umask was written by Thorsten Kukuk &lt;kukuk@thkukuk.de&gt;.
      </para>
  </refsect1>

</refentry>