Files being created with incorrect permissions

[Simon R Wootton]

We have files being copied (via ftp) from one machine to another. On the destination machine, the files are being created with the wrong permissions.

I need to know a) why this is happening b) how to cure it

All help rewarded, thanks in advance.
Simon

[V.Tamilvanan]

Hi,

FTP doesn't copy the attributes. It put the permission based on your umask setting at the Local Directory.
See man umask and ftp.

[Robert-Jan Goossens]

Hi Simon,

Check this thread.

http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=555929

Hope this helps,
Robert-Jan

[twang]

2 things you have to check,
- In the ftp line of /etc/inetd.conf, take a look at parm on the ftpd command
ftp stream tcp nowait root /usr/lbin/ftpd ftpd -l -u 022
(-u xxx where xxx=umask default is 027)
- In /etc/ftpd/ftpaccess there may be a line that looks like
upload /home/user /path/to/upload/dir yes user group 0666

[SANTOSH S. MHASKAR]

Hi Simon,

ftp doesnot preserve file permissions, it
takes permission as per umask setting. If u
need to preserve file permissions user rcp -p command. See man pages of rcp for details.

Regards.

-Santosh

[Cheryl Griffin]

Also, umask can not add to permissions that are not already there, meaning that if the file is only read-write, umask cannot add the executable bit.

[doug mielke]

If you choose rcp -p, remember that the user ID's need to match between systems, since it's the user and group id's that are passed, not user names.