Insecure Umask - wrong default file permissions

[christoph]

The default umask on Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy is "0022".
That means, every file created by a user is world-readable to everybody.

The default file permissions should not allow anybody else to read or edit
a file (or directory).

Right now, default file permissions are -rw-r--r--, which is very, very insecure.

[Marcus Asshauer (mcas)]

Thank you for your suggestion. However, the changes you are requesting aren't really a bug and require more discussion, which should be done on an appropriate mailing list or forum. [WWW] http://www.ubuntu.com/support/community/mailinglists might be a good start for determining which mailing list to use.

[Greg A (etulfetulf)]

Thought I'd link the forum thread about this: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=497780