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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!newshost.telstra.net!news.ci.com.au!wabbit.cc.uow.edu.au!metro!metro!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!news.nd.edu!chi-news.cic.net!nntp.coast.net!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!fox.almaden.ibm.com!garlic.com!news.scruz.net!cruzio.com!news From: abennett@cruzio.com (Andrew Bennett) Subject: Re: ftpd default umask Organization: Cruzio Community Networking System, Santa Cruz, CA Date: Wed, 21 Feb 1996 07:29:29 GMT Message-ID: <Dn47At.Gp0@cruzio.com> X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 X-Nntp-Posting-Host: pine176.cruzio.com References: <netnews-160296143634@humc40.harvard.edu> Sender: news@cruzio.com (The News UID) Lines: 24 netnews@harvard.edu wrote: >I have BSD/OS 1.1 and 2.0 and I noticed that ftpd has a default >umask 022 in both. I'd like to change it to 002 (which among >other things is the most common) without having the users every >time have to change it. I couldn't find any configuration file >or switch that would allow an administrator to change the default >umask, so I'm wondering if it can be done or it's hard-wired >at compile time. If you are using wu-ftpd, it's the 7th entry in the upload section of /etc/ftpaccess (or equivalent). Hope that helps. Andrew -- Andrew Bennett abennett@hyperreal.com, abennett@cruzio.com http://taz.hyperreal.com/~abennett/