perms on file linux redhat 9 filepro 5.0

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Simon--er, no...it was Rick Henderson--said:
> open is creating a file with 600 owned by filepro.  I need this file to
> be readable by everyone.
> 
> pfumask seems not to apply and using the system "chmod 644"<_filename
> does not work either.

Because the version of bash you have executes system commands as the UID,
not EUID.  You can't change perms on what you don't own.

Look into sudo, or replace bash with ksh like Brian likes to advise.  I
would go for sudo, myself..

mark->
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