On 29 March 2012 21:37, Rodolfo Gouveia <rgouv...@cosmico.net> wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 06:33:16PM +0200, Stefan Sieg wrote: > > are you overwriting existing files that have the previous file mode? > > No, these are new files. Let me explain better. > When I copy a file over with sftp, the permissions of the file created > on the server, are replicated from the client. > This is in contrast, when I'm logged in on the server with that same > account > and create a file, the umask is correct as per /etc/login.conf. > Even though reading sftp-server(8): > -u umask > Sets an explicit umask(2) to be applied to newly-created files > and directories, instead of the user's default mask. > I would assume that the files copied over by the client which don't exist > on the server should be honor this flag. > Are my assumptions correct? > > This is because your client *asks* the server to set the specific permissions. Regards, Eugene -- The best the little guy can do is what the little guy does right
