Bug 130: set umask to 022

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chapter03/creatingdirs.xml

@@ -1,7 +1,18 @@
 <sect1 id="ch04-creatingdirs">
 <title>Creating directories</title>
 
-<para>Let's create the directory tree on the LFS partition based on the FHS
+<para>Before we start creating directories, we need to check the base
+system's umask setting.  To do this, we run
+<userinput>umask</userinput>.  The result should be 022.  If it isn't,
+then run the following command to ensure that the directories will be
+created with the correct permissions:</para>
+
+<para><screen><userinput>umask 022</userinput></screen></para>
+
+<para>We would advise you to make sure that the umask is set to 022
+throughout your LFS install.</para>
+
+<para>Let's now create the directory tree on the LFS partition based on the FHS
 standard, which can be found at <ulink
 url="http://www.pathname.com/fhs/">http://www.pathname.com/fhs/</ulink>.
 Issuing the following commands will create a default directory layout:</para>