Re: file mode of scp/sftp

[T o n g <mlist4suntong@yahoo.com>]

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.

Thanks anyway. 

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