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There are many issues raised in the forums with the template_c directory and permissions.  There are probably many reasons for this, civicrm is called by different users (ie drush and apache/PHP, backups, etc.)  My config relies on shared group writes.  I noticed the template directory umask is different than most other files and found this which makes it readable for groups:
 /**
     * default file permissions
     *
     * @var integer
     */
    var $_file_perms           = 0644;
in /packages/Smarty/Smarty.class.php

Is there an easy way to override all smarty permissions (short of extension / hook?)  Ideally overriding them in civicrm.settings.php .... There are probably other things people want to override ...

I have done 2. for now - I found many posts about the template permissions (ie $_file_perms ) - wonder if that one merits special attention or at least documentation.  I can write something if you can suggest the best place (or perhaps this is it!).