How to set default file permissions during FTP

[yuroy]

Hi,
How do I set the default permission of a file after FTP without manually executing chmod. Like I would like to set a umask of 022 for all files that I FTP. Is there a profile that does this? I tried /etc/profile, but it didn't work.

Thanks in advance for the help.

 

[ITDJ]

On the ftp prompt you can change umask with the
site umask command.

ftp> site umask 022
200 UMASK set to 022 (was 027)

Itdj

 

[yuroy]

Hi,

Thanks for the help. I forgot to mention that I'm runnign FTP from Win/NT to AIX, and the 'site umask' command doesn't work from Windows to AIX.
An option I did was modifying the ftpd entry in /etc/inetd.conf to add a parameter -u for umask. But this means that this option is applicable to all users running FTP. I'm still trying to figure out how to set it for specific users.

 

[dickiebird]

How about using a .netrc command file.
It will reside in each user's home dir.
So the scripts you use to ftp can have all
kinds of rights/instructions that other users can't have.

HTH Dickie Bird (-)))

 

[Morsing]

Why doesn't the site umask work from Win to AIX??

Cheers Henrik Morsing
Certified AIX 4.3 Systems Administration
& p690 Technical Support

 

[ITDJ]

Hi!

Morsing:
The site command does not exist in windows ftp command!

yuroy:
Any luck yet without changing inetd.conf?
I have run into the same problem!

 

[sectorseveng]

You will have to use the quote or literal commands within the windows ftp to send the string, eg:

ftp> quote site umask 022
200 UMASK set to 022 (was 027)

 

[yuroy]

Hi sectorseveng,
Thanks. this works.

Thanks also to the others for their suggestions.