On Wed, 04 Jan 2012 18:48:31 +0000, T o n g wrote: > On Wed, 04 Jan 2012 17:23:12 +0000, Camaleón wrote: > >>> If users scp/sftp to my host, how is the default mode of files copied >>> determined? Is it from users' umask in their ~/.profile, or somewhere >>> else? >> >> For ssh connections I'm not sure this still applies. Look at "man 8 >> sshd" and scroll down to the "login process" section. > > From which it looks like one's ~/.profile setting (eg umask) is not > honoured when doing scp. That complies with my observation. From > > How the SCP protocol works > http://blogs.oracle.com/janp/entry/how_the_scp_protocol_works > > It looks like scp will just blindly apply 0644 to files and 0755 to > directories. However, I was trying to enable the group write bit.
Additional info: Setting default permissions on files and directories copied with scp or sftp http://muzso.hu/2009/01/26/setting-default-permissions-on-files-and-directories-copied-with-scp-or-sftp Change permissions upon uploading with scp http://superuser.com/questions/291835/change-permissions-upon-uploading-with-scp Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
