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Re: Permissions on files transferred using an FTP Login

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From: Paul Civati
Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2000 00:00
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In article <ZJNf4.3829$kv.275972@news.easynews.com>,
	"gg" <chique56@hotmail.com> writes:

> When we transfer a file using FTP the permissions are always rw- r-----

I don't know where ftp will get its default permissions from, I suspect
it will just use a default safe umask of 022.

> When we create a file on the system using the same login the permissions
> are rw-rw-rw-
> 
> we need to have rw-rw-rw ,  does anyone have any idea why the file
> permissions are restricted in this way  Sco-Unix 5.04

I suspect the umask for the login account is set to 000 so you are
getting the above permissions when logged in.

-Paul-
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Subject: Re: Permissions on files transferred using an FTP Login
Date: 2000/02/01
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