> I know that you can specify "umask xxx" in a ftp
> session, but how do you specify it to apply every time
> a guy is uploading?
Depending on the ftp daemon you're using, it's possible
to specify it at the ftpd command line. I'm using
ftpd-BSD (the Linux port of a BSD ftp daemon) at home,
and in my /etc/inetd.conf I have:
ftp stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd ftpd-BSD -l -S -u 022
(The above is one big line, beware bad mail clients!)
That gives a umask of 022, which should give 755 to all
files uploaded.
There is no guarantee that the above will work with
wu-ftpd (one of the two that comes with Mandrake) or
ProFTPd (the other that comes with Mandrake). They may
have their own ways of doing things. I just did a
"man ftpaccess" which is one of the files wu-ftpd uses,
and there is a "defumask" argument. You may try that.
Now, current distros seem to be using xinetd more and
more, which I don't really know a lot about. I'm sure
adapting this for xinetd would be pretty simple. In
fact, I'll give it a shot (note, this is untested):
# default: on
# description: The ftpd-BSD FTP server serves FTP connections. It uses \
# normal, unencrypted usernames and passwords for authentication.
service ftp
{
socket_type = stream
wait = no
user = root
server = /usr/sbin/ftpd-BSD
server_args = -l -S -u 022
log_on_success += DURATION USERID
log_on_failure += USERID
nice = 10
}
I guess I should try this at some point and move the last
of my inetd services over to xinetd.
Don Head
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