peasth...@shaw.ca wrote: > CONTEXT > Squeeze system with vsftpd with default umask, 077. > A script file, blah.sh for example, is put to the > system. The file arrives with permissions 600.
Is there a constraint that you must use ftp? Because it is terrible for this context of PUTting a file. It sends passwords in the clear for a start and therefore is completely insecure. > PROBLEM > Each time blah.sh is put on the system, "chmod 700 blah.sh" > can make it executeable. The ftp client does not > provide SITE CHMOD. What alternatives to the interactive > chmod are available? Is this a job for ACL? This would be much better for rsync over ssh. Start using rsync using the -a option to preserver everything including permissions. rsync -av /from/here/file1 host.example.com:/to/there/dir/ Bob
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