using ftpaccess file

[itai weisman]

hi everyone,
I need to change the configuration of the FTP in one of my production servers.
i need to set the umask of incoming files, for only one specific user, for only one and specific directory.
i need all other configuration, to stay the same as it is today.
any ideas what should i do?
Thanks everyone
itai

[RAC_1]

There is a sample file in /usr/newconfig/etc/ftpd/examples/ftpaccesses

[itai weisman]

i'm pretty afraid of it, and i didn't understood from it what should i do in order to make sure other configuration won't be change when i add this file.
i also didn't understand what should i do to define the mask i want to use.
in other words, what i need is :
1. set umask for one specific user
2. make sure other configuration won't change.

[Ermin Borovac · Accepted solution]

To change umask for specific directory look into using upload directive in /etc/ftpd/ftpaccess.

upload yes

In addition to this you will need at least one class directive, similar to

class all real *

This would allow all users who have account to access the server via ftp.

Don't forget to add -a to ftpd line in /etc/inetd.conf and run inetd -c.

[itai weisman]

thanks,
that's exactly what i needed.
by the way - "class" can receive user or the word "all" that applies to all users, right - i mean like
class
class all
is that correct?

[itai weisman]

hey,
it doesn't work... i set permission for 0 and i received 640 .... any ideas?

[Ermin Borovac]

Format of the class directive is as follows

class [ ... ]

is arbitrary string.
is comma separated list of any of the following keywords: anonymous, guest and real. Keyword "anonymous" is used for anonymous FTP access, "guest" is used for guest accounts and "real" is used for users with real accounts.
is domain name or numeric address allowing wildcards.

Assuming that you are setting this up for user "ftpuser", whose home directory is /home/ftpuser and directory where you want to set mode (say 0777) is /home/ftpusers/incoming, you would have the following line in ftpaccess file.

upload /home/ftpuser /home/ftpuser/incoming yes ftpuser ftpgroup 0777

Please check ftpaccess man page for more details.

[itai weisman]

i tried that... it doesn't work...
attached my ftpaccess file.
i'm trying to configure files that user itaiw put in directory
/home/users/itaiw will have mask of 777 and it doesn't work... what am i doing wrong?
(files have mask of 644)
i added to ftpd the flags "-la" (logfile and ftpaccess file
thanks
itai

[RAC_1]

Did you restart ftpd??

[itai weisman]

sure.
inetd -c.

[Ermin Borovac]

Can you please try the following line in ftpaccess?

upload /home/users/itaiw * yes itaiw users 0777 dirs