On Thu, 3 Apr 2003, Duncan Rubinger wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm slightly new to this list and would like to say hello at first.
>
> Unfortunately I've a question too. I'm using WINSCP2 or scp to copy my files
> on my Bitvise WinSSHD using cygwin bash for the environment. When I log
> in to my account normally, everything is OK ...
>
> 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
> ...
>
> Any suggestions ? This would be very helpful concerning this
> frustrating issue.
> Best regards,
> Duncan
Two questions:
1) are you sure your "profile" is executed on scp?
2) why would Cygwin's umask affect Windows programs? or am I missing
something?
Igor
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