Hi, >> I've changed th umask in the profile file to 000 for private reasons >> and this works fine directly under bash! >> But if I copy some files using any scp application, the files will be >> created with 644 as umask! Each file gets rw-r--r-- ! Don't know why
IP> Two questions: IP> 1) are you sure your "profile" is executed on scp? IP> 2) why would Cygwin's umask affect Windows programs? or am I missing IP> something? IP> Igor Yes, I'm sure, 'cause before it was on 644, after my change 000 really works while I'm using the bash by commandline. The curious thing is, that only for copied files on any scp application (independent from the OS, Linux, Windows, etc.) app. the files gets the above permissions :-( Best regards, Duncan The Lord of the token ring ... "One Ring to link them all, One Ring to ping them, one Ring to bring them all and in the darkness sniff them." -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/