ftp file permission get changed

[laxmikant]

hi friends ,
when a file is being ftped from client on windows nt to the server on hp unix it permission is 640 when the mask set in /etc/inetd.config is 006.ideally the permission should be 660 as the mak is 006.

[Steven E. Protter]

This controlled in either the ftpaccess file or the umask for the user. Since no profile is being used for ftp, it must be the ftpaccess file.

As i remember it, this is done in ftpaccess with umask just like you'd do it in the .profile file.

SEP

[Rajeev Shukla]

By default the umask is 027 so when you ftp any files they will be created with a permission of 640, you can override this with -u option in /etc/inetd.conf file in ftpd line to what ever you want. Say a umask of 006 will give you a file with 660 permission

And the permission to change the umask is controlled by the file called /etc/ftpd/ftpaccess where umask yes|no typelist
where typelist is a comma-separated list of any of the keywords
anonymous, guest and real

Have a look at man pages of ftpaccess for more details.

Cheers
Rajeev

[twang]

As I remember by default, the umask value is 027.
To establish a global 'umask' for 'ftp' add the '-u umask' argument to the daemon's startup in 'etc/inetd.conf':

# ftp stream tcp nowait root /usr/lbin/ftpd ftpd -l -u 022

Then, restart the 'inetd' daemon:

# /usr/sbin/inetd -c

To establish a 'umask' on a specific base case, use the 'etc/ftpdftpaccess' mechanism. See the man pages for 'ftpaccess(4)' for more information.