From: Todd C. Miller <Todd.Miller@courtesan.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2010 15:21:18 +0000 (-0500)
Subject: Clarify umask option description.  From Reuben Thomas.
X-Git-Tag: SUDO_1_7_5~84
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=b9703a3b91a57f3ba632c9627db457044f705902;p=sudo

Clarify umask option description.  From Reuben Thomas.

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diff --git a/sudoers.pod b/sudoers.pod
index 494789b49..b535593da 100644
--- a/sudoers.pod
+++ b/sudoers.pod
@@ -997,11 +997,11 @@ own timestamps via C<sudo -v> and C<sudo -k> respectively.
 
 Umask to use when running the command.  Negate this option or set
 it to 0777 to preserve the user's umask.  The actual umask that is
-used will be the union of the user's umask and C<@sudo_umask@>.
-This guarantees that B<sudo> never lowers the umask when running a
-command.  Note on systems that use PAM, the default PAM configuration
-may specify its own umask which will override the value set in
-I<sudoers>.
+used will be the union of the user's umask and the value of the
+I<umask> option, which defaults to C<@sudo_umask@>.  This guarantees
+that B<sudo> never lowers the umask when running a command.  Note
+on systems that use PAM, the default PAM configuration may specify
+its own umask which will override the value set in I<sudoers>.
 
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