Misleading umask documentation

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Type of issue

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User file-creation mode mask (umask) sets permission for newly created files.

In my testing, at least in the absence of an explicit dmask/fmask, umask affects the permissions all existing Windows files - not just newly-created ones.

Page URL

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/wsl-config#per-distribution-configuration-options-with-wslconf

Content source URL

https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/wsl/blob/main/WSL/wsl-config.md

Author

@craigloewen-msft

Document Id

9f406c77-415c-80db-d596-0a7fa4ea2ba9