Config Profile ~/.bash and ~/.bash_profile Default & Preferred Permissions

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On MacOS, what are the default and preferred permissions for ~/.bash and ~/.bash_profile config profiles?

This guide shows 700 as preferred.

To view permission for a file: private stat -f "%Lp %N" ~/.bashrc

Permissions guide.

Best Answer

bashrc and bash_profile are read by bash and do not require the execute bit to be set. Nor do either require the execute bit set when sourcing the file in your current bash session. That said, an octal representation of 600 would be my choice.

The default permissions set on a file is governed by umask.

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