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While trying to understand the basic meaning of the umask command I jotted down some notes on the umask command. These notes are my attempt to understand explain the basics of the umask command. It is assumed the reader has a basic understanding of the permissions in linux.

For further information on umask, there are also more notes on umask written by hunter. These notes do not take into account sticky or setuid bits either.

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*Update* Nov 21, 2008

The newer version of Microsoft Word had a problem opening these older files and the .doc format was noted as corrupt. I was able to open it in Open Office (A free alternative to MS Office) and resave the files as *.pdf files. The files have been updated on the server and are now available for download again.

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• Erica’s Linux+ Stury Guide (XK0-002)

This file is now a *.pdf file

Adobe Acrobat to maybe download to view the *.pdf files (A free download)

CompTIA’s Linux+ Exam is an exam for people wanting to certify in the Linux OS. The previous exam – XK0-001 retired July 31 of 2005. The new exam – XK0-002 which this cheat sheet covers is the latest version to date (1/2006)