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I am having trouble with setting up the .emacs file so that I, group and others can all read my files. I played around with C-x C-q but after I open the file and save it again only I can read/write the file. I have also used chmod +r (filename), but the problem happens again when I reload emacs. I don't want to use chmod +r everytime I edit my files. I am using Ubuntu 11.04 Codename: natty and connecting to a server that uses Mac OSX 10.5.8. I use sftp to connect to the server.

I have checked the umask on both machines and they are both 22 or 0022. I don't know if the sftp or .emacs file is causing this error. I just want to know if I am doing the whole thing wrong or something in emacs isn't setup up right.

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did you check with starting with emacs -Q. bit unclear to me about what is happening. could you show minimal example like, ls -l myfile before and after editing. – kindahero Jun 22 '11 at 19:38
@kindahero I just tried using emacs -Q but I think it is still causing the problem. Before edit: [server:~] myusername% ls -l test23 -rw-r--r-- 1 myusername staff 15 Jun 23 11:03 test23 Then I open the file using emacs installed on my computer, edited the file and saved it: [server:~] myusername% ls -l test23 -rw------- 1 myusername staff 14 Jun 23 11:07 test23 If I use chmod +r while emacs is running, nothing happens to file permissions. As soon as I exit emacs and reload it, the problem starts again. – Siddharth Jun 23 '11 at 15:12
Before edit: [server:~] myusername% ls -l test23 -rw-r--r-- 1 myusername staff 15 Jun 23 11:03 test23 After edit: [server:~] myusername% ls -l test23 -rw------- 1 myusername staff 14 Jun 23 11:07 test23 – Siddharth Jun 23 '11 at 15:36
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