how to control the permission of file tranfered by ftp??

[Burhan Koni]

Hi
I notice that the permissions for any file transfered by ftp is -rw-r-----
I want to change it to be readable to all users

Thank
Burhan Koni

[Robert-Jan Goossens · Accepted solution]

Hi,

This is a security risk.

You can make the change globally for the ftp service by editing
the /etc/inetd.conf file:

ftp stream tcp nowait root /usr/lbin/ftpd ftpd -l -uxxx
Note: Where xxx would be the umask that you select.

After any change to the /etc/inetd.conf file, inetd must
re-read the new inetd.conf file:

# inetd -c

Regards,
Robert-Jan

[John Strang]

First thing to check would be umask

man umask for more details.

John

[Chris Wilshaw]

Although setting umask is a viable option, this sets the FTP mask for ALL users, and if set to allow full read/write access (666) would be considered a security risk.

You can simply use the chmod command within the FTP session to change the permissions once the file has transferred.