UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi,

I have set below option in following file /etc/inetd.conf in AIX.

Code:

ftp     stream  tcp6    nowait  root    /usr/sbin/ftpd  ftpd -u 2

But still it created the file with permission (640):

Code:

-rw-r-----    1 ftptosas ftpusrg        6091 Jul 28 12:23 diff_061920.txt

Required permission :

Code:

-rwxr-x---    1 ftptosas ftpusrg        6091 Jul 28 12:23 diff_061920.txt

Please let me know whether we need to restart the unix daemon after setting above permission.


Thanks & Regards,
mageshpsv01

This may be considered illegal and ignored (assuming that your FTP process doesn't set the permissions itself)

You should really try ftp -u 002 to be clear.

Setting the umask value for ftpd will also not set the file executable. I think it is always considered as a transfer for data. If you need this, then consider something like:-

Code:

ftp -nv $target <<-EOFTP
   user $user $password
   cd /target/dir
   put sourcefile targetfile
   site chmod 750 targetfile
   quit
EOFTP

It would be a little odd (but not illegal) to have a .txt file set as executable.


I hope that this helps,
Robin