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Random man page:  umask(2) -- Sets and gets the value of the file creation mask
The umask() function sets the file mode creation mask of the process to the value of the cmask parameter and returns the previous value of the mask. The cmask parameter is constructed by a logical OR ...
FreeBSD Tip Of the Day View all tips
FreeBSD is started up by the program 'init'.  The first thing init does when
starting multiuser mode (ie, starting the computer up for normal use) is to
run the shell script /etc/rc.  By reading /etc/rc, you can learn a lot about
how the system is put together, which again will make you more confident about
what happens when you do something with it.
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