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I know what for umask command used. But what 002 represents.
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Hence, files will not be writable by others by default. – (/users/112968/knittl) (265,556 reputation) knittl  Commented (2013-10-14 06:00:45Z, License: CC BY-SA 3.0) Oct 14, 2013 at 6:00   (this comment was edited 1 time)          (Use comments to ask for more information or suggest improvements. Avoid answering questions in comments.) 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It shows the default permission levels by which a file will be created.Subtracting umask from base permission would give you actual file permissions.All the files will be created with 664 (666-002) permissions and dir with 775 (777-002) permissions.   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