csci4061/notes/06-files-dirs-code/write_umask.c

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// Demonstrate umask: restrictions on permissions for freshly created
// files with open()/creat() files
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <string.h>
int main(int argc, char *argv[]){
mode_t new_mask = 0000; // allow any permissions
mode_t old_mask = umask(new_mask); // set umask to
int perms = S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR | S_IRGRP | S_IWGRP;;
int flags = O_WRONLY | O_CREAT;
int out_fd = -1;
char *message = NULL;
// Write to first file
out_fd = open("readable1.txt",flags,perms ); // create file
message = "here is some text to write"; // what to write
write(out_fd, message, strlen(message)); // do the write
close(out_fd); // sloppy close
// readable1.txt should have perms: -rw-rw----
new_mask = 0077; // don't allow permissions to be set for group or other
old_mask = umask(new_mask);
// Write to first file
out_fd = open("readable2.txt",flags,perms); // open for writing and create if needed, PERMISSIONS
message = "more text for writing"; // what to write
write(out_fd, message, strlen(message)); // do the write
close(out_fd); // sloppy close
// readable1.txt should have perms: -rw-------
// No group perms as umask stopped this
return 0;
}