[Asterisk-Users] vmail.cgi cannot read/delete messages

[julian green]

umask is a unix thing. Every unix process has one and it is used to 
determine the file permissions a file gets when it is created.   umask 
is a bit pattern of bits that get turned off.  Normal files get a 
starting permission of 666 and directories get a starting permission of 
777.   The umask is applied and that leaves the permission bit pattern 
the file is created with.

e.g.

Find out what the umask is
[jgreen at acton1 jgreen]$ umask
002

(002 means to turn off world write)

create a file
[jgreen at acton1 jgreen]$ touch x
[jgreen at acton1 jgreen]$ ls -l x
-rw-rw-r--    1 jgreen   jgreen          0 May  8 14:08 x

set umask to another value and repeat above test.

[jgreen at acton1 jgreen]$ umask 022
[jgreen at acton1 jgreen]$ rm x
[jgreen at acton1 jgreen]$ touch x
[jgreen at acton1 jgreen]$ ls -l x
-rw-r--r--    1 jgreen   jgreen          0 May  8 14:12 x

Julian

Uriel Carrasquilla wrote:

>If you excuse my ignorance.  What "umask", what it? where is it? how do I
>set up?
>URiel
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: asterisk-users-admin at lists.digium.com
>[mailto:asterisk-users-admin at lists.digium.com]On Behalf Of Adam
>Goryachev
>Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2003 12:00 AM
>To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
>Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] vmail.cgi cannot read/delete messages
>
>
>Isn't the mode determined by the umask which is inherited by asterisk at
>startup ?? Just make sure you define an appropriate umask setting when
>starting asterisk...
>
>Regards,
>Adam
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: asterisk-users-admin at lists.digium.com
>[mailto:asterisk-users-admin at lists.digium.com]On Behalf Of Uriel
>Carrasquilla
>Sent: Thursday, 8 May 2003 1:03 PM
>To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
>Subject: [Asterisk-Users] vmail.cgi cannot read/delete messages
>
>
>vmail.cgi rocks (if I can borrow the expression for Mark Street).  As Mark
>pointed out, the /vm/INBOX messages are created with 0700 security and
>vmail.cgi is not happy.  Apache/cgi/vmail.cgi cannot play them unless I fool
>around with the Apache wrapper or chmod 755 *.* thefiles myself.  (Tedious,
>that is why I like computers).
>Obviously this is not acceptable.  I took a trip to the apps/app_voicemail.c
>country club and found that I can modify it to force the issue by altering
>the directory and files as it "happens" when recording takes place.
>What is everybody else doing?
>I am, for sure, not the only one with this issue.  It comes with the cgi
>territory.  I am trying to keep my pearl vmail script with the -T switch.  I
>can also modify with chmod here but I am going to force the issue, I prefer
>the "c" code.
>Regards,
>Uriel
>
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