How do you automatically set permissions on a file when uploaded using a sftp

Question

Hello i currently have a folder set up that can have files uploaded to using a sftp.

 drwxrwxr-x. 2 cypress cypress  4096 Apr 30 15:24 sourceit

But when i file gets uploaded it gets uploaded as

-rw-r--r--. 1 cypress sftpusrs    7 Apr 30 15:24 test.file

what do i have to do to set it up so when i file gets uploaded it will automatically set the permissions to

drwxrwxr-x. 1 cypress sftpusrs    7 Apr 30 15:24 test.file

Thank you for your help.

I currently have everything set up in openssh sshd_config for ftping

Match user cypress
ChrootDirectory /mnt/cypress
AllowTCPForwarding no
X11Forwarding no
ForceCommand internal-sftp

You will need to edit your FTP server config.Do you know which FTP server you use ? ProFTPD or vsftpd or else ? — NMC, Apr 30 '14 at 19:34
lftp is the client. What are you using on the server. When connecting to your server, you should get the version and type of FTP server in the logs. — NMC, Apr 30 '14 at 19:40
Are you conencitng using port 22 or 21 ? i suspect you are not even using FTP but SFTP which are 2 very different things. — NMC, Apr 30 '14 at 19:45

NMC · Accepted Answer · 2014-04-30T19:59:32.907

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Modify or Add this line to your sshd_config

ForceCommand internal-sftp -u 2

which should apply a umask of 002.

With umask or SFTP, there is no way to automaticaly put a file executable, it would be a huge security risk. You must run chmod in a separate command in order to do that.

edited Apr 30 '14 at 19:59

answered Apr 30 '14 at 19:47

NMC

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if i wanted the umask to be 775 would i just type in -u 775 – user1863457 Apr 30 '14 at 19:51
added info on my post. look here if you need more info: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15599951/making-new-files-automatically-executable – NMC Apr 30 '14 at 20:01

How do you automatically set permissions on a file when uploaded using a sftp

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