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Re: sftp file creation mask



on Mon, Nov 17, 2003 at 06:23:48PM -0600, Lynn W (lynn_wgnr@lycos.com) wrote:
> Where do I set up the file creation mask so that when someone uses
> sftp to upload a file to a Debian system, it results in file
> permissions other than rw-r--r-- ? I have tried adding umask in
> .bash_profile for the username of the uploader, but it has no effect.

Please set your mailer/editor linewrap to 68-75 characters.  I strongly
recommend 72 as a good default.

Thank you.

Hrm.  Not positive, but try to set the sticky bit on the parent directory.


Peace.

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