rmdubash@hermes.cs.uh.edu () (06/22/91)
Hi,
I am using SunOS4.1.1 and trying to open a file using the open system call
with a mode value 777. Although my umask is 0, the file created has quite
arbitrary permissions on it which causes an error the next time I try to
open it. BTW the flags are O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_TRUNC. I also tried the creat
system call with similar results.
Any clue as to what am I missing? Please reply by e-mail.
Thanx in advance
Rumi Dubash
rmd@geoquest.com
rmdubash@cs.uh.edu
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Houston, Tx 77057brnstnd@kramden.acf.nyu.edu (Dan Bernstein) (06/22/91)
In article <1991Jun21.201632.2407@menudo.uh.edu> rmdubash@hermes.cs.uh.edu () writes: > I am using SunOS4.1.1 and trying to open a file using the open system call > with a mode value 777. Modes are expressed in octal. In C, 777 is decimal. 0777 is octal. There is no comp.unix.programmers group, by the way. ---Dan
mouse@thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu (der Mouse) (06/22/91)
In article <1991Jun21.201632.2407@menudo.uh.edu>, rmdubash@hermes.cs.uh.edu writes: > I am using SunOS4.1.1 and trying to open a file using the open system > call with a mode value 777. Although my umask is 0, the file created > has quite arbitrary permissions Arbitrary? Are they by any chance r----x--x? > Any clue as to what am I missing? If the bits *are* r----x--x, you're forgetting that the mode is generally written in octal, or else you're forgetting that octal isn't the default base for numbers in C. Try giving the mode value as 0777 instead of 777 and see if it doesn't help. der Mouse old: mcgill-vision!mouse new: mouse@larry.mcrcim.mcgill.edu