Subject: RE: upload/mask

From: Jason Fry 7159 <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 1995 16:40:00 -0800 (PST)

> When "real" (that is, non-guest and non-anonymous) users using wuftp 
> "put" files on our system, the permissions come out 664.  Where does
> this 664 come from?  It's not in my ftpaccess file.  How do I change
> this to 600?  In ftpaccess file, you need to enter an owner and group
> in the "upload" section but that's absurd to do that for each and every
> individual in the password file.

You can start your ftpd with the -u option in inetd.conf.

/usr/sbin/ftpd -u177.  This will result in files being "put" with permissions
of 600.

Hope This Helps

Jason K. Fry 
Washington State Legislative Service Center