Re: umask questions

[rory]

> There are two choices:
>
> 1) monit saves the umask it was started with and set this umask when a
>   new program is started. This implies that the umask monit inherited
>   will be passed on to start/stop programs executed by monit.
>
> 2) monit unsets the umask before it start a program and leaves it to
>   the program to set its own umask. (This usually means the mask 0666
>   unless explicit permissions is set by the program). Alternatively
>   monit could set a presumed sane mask (0022) instead of un-setting
>   the mask.
>
>
> Any opinions on which strategy to choose ?
>

How about 2, but alternatively having a config file option to set a umask
other than the default (perhaps 0022)?