ftp file and permisson setting

[Kenn Chen_1]

Hello.

I would like to ftp my files to UNIX server and set the file to permisson 777 automatically. As i knew, need to put the ftp entry (end of the line 000) in inetd.conf file. But it only can set the file permission to 666 not 777. Anywhere to set the file permission for ftp service ? Thanks.

[Stefan Farrelly]

take a look at this;

http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/parseCurl.do?CURL=%2Fcm%2FQuestionAnswer%2F1%2C%2C0x26ba434822974948baab9fe386b56ab3%2C00.html&admit=716493758+1064562637640+28353475

[Jdamian]

It is not possible.

The default permissions for a file when it is created is 666. The default permissions for a directory when it is created is 777.

[Stefan Farrelly]

Cant with HP's ftp, but I believe you can by replacing with another ftp - eg. ProFTP, pureftpd, or wu_ftp. You can download from;

http://hpux.cs.utah.edu

[Lorenzo Facello]

in etc/inetd.conf set umask:
ex.
ftp stream tcp nowait root /usr/lbin/ftpd ftpd -l -u017
(file will be -rw-rw----)
(dir will be drwxrw----)
becouse by default file's permission are
-rw-rw-rw-

or try to change umask at yours ftp session.

[john korterman]

Hi,
it requires that you ftp by "secure ftp". You have to configure the file /etc/ftpd/ftpaccess
and pay particular attention to the lines for configuring the file permissions for upload.

An example of a single configuration line concerning upload from a system with ftpaccess:
upload /home/sikker_ftp/haps /hapspr1dir yes mr dba 0777 dirs

and a file ftp'ed into the hapspr1dir:
# ls -l
total 2
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root dba 4 Sep 26 12:47 ftptest

It is an authentic example. However, it puzzles me that the file it owned by root - it should not, but at least the permissions are as requested.
Hope it helps.

regards,
John K.

[Bill Hassell]

Do you REALLY need 777 permissions? Remember that 777 means the files can be trashed by ANYONE on the computer and that EVERY file is executable (such as a script). An executable file is an exception which is why the default (not just ftp) is not executable. Depending on the server settings, you may be able to use the SITE CHMOD command to set specific capabilities. I would bw very careful about setting world-writable (even world-readable) capability on important files.