CNews problems

[John F. Haugh II]

In article <1989Dec5.181020.29682 at utzoo.uucp> henry at utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) writes:
>In article <8912041651.AA01167 at twiddle.eng.umd.edu> djm at twiddle.eng.umd.edu (David J. MacKenzie) writes:
>>However, "chmod a+rx" *will* override the umask.
>
>I'm reluctant to do so as default, however, on the assumption that the
>umask is usually set for a good reason.

and what was the good reason berzerkeley used to change the behavior
of chmod so that it used the umask?
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