Re: permissions in a web directory using umask

["Miguel González Castaños" <mgc@tid.es>]

It is what I did, set the SGID bit for that directory. It works with the
new files and directories but
It doesnt work when I transfer a file with sftp for instance.

Thanks

Miguel

"Shaw, Marco" ha escrito:

> SGID (set the GID bit) the directory?
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Miguel González Castaños [mailto:mgc@tid.es]
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2003 9:26 AM
> > To: linux-admin@vger.kernel.org
> > Subject: permissions in a web directory using umask
> >
> >
> > dear all,
> >
> >  I have a web directory that is accessed by a group of users.
> > I have used umask to set the default permissions of that
> > directory. That way all the users of the group can create new
> > files and directories that will be accessable by the rest of
> > the users of the same group.
> >
> >  The problem arises when I want to transfer files to that
> > directory, the umask is not used and the permissions are set
> > by the client. I am using a SSH windows client (www.ssh.com)
> > but I have seen that there is the same problem with ftp clients.
> >
> >  I have looked around on the web but seems to be a tough
> > problem. I am wondering if there is any setting in the ssh
> > server or the ssh client that can bypass this problem. If
> > not, let me know any suggestion in a less "elegant" way.
> >
> >  Many thanks in advance
> >
> >  Miguel
> >
> >
> >
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