change default permission for ftp user

[arun m govind]

Hi all,

I have created a restricted ftp user
now i wanna change default permission for that ftp user. for example if that ftp user puts some file in home directory so permission on those file should be 777 by default.Remember that ftp user is not having any shell he is just doing " ftp> mput " only.
i think we should make some changes in /etc/ftpd/ftpaccess file.

Thanks in advance

[MarkSyder]

I'm pretty certain it's impossible to ftp files with execute access. That's one of the reasons there are no unix viruses - let's leave it that way!

Mark Syder (like the drink but spelt different)

[Peter Godron]

Hi,
why not let the ftp user decide the permissions ? They can use the chmod command from ftp prompt to set permissions on the file after ftp.

[Marvin Strong]

speaking strictly from a security viewpoint.

777 and 666 are bad numbers and should be avoided if at all possible for files permissions.

man ftpaccess it tells you how to set the umask.