On Wed, 04 Jan 2012 05:15:31 +0000, T o n g 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. Greetings, -- Camaleón