Automatically Set FTP Permissions
How can we automatically set the FTP file permissions to our droplets? We want folders to be 755 and the files to be 644.
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This question was answered by @sierracircle:
are you using sFTP? using plain FTP has some serious security issues.
I think umask is what you need to work with:
In this article, we will discuss how to read and manipulate Linux permissions. We will cover how to use the "umask" command to choose default permission settings, and the "chmod" command, which can change the permissions of files and directories.
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What do you mean?
When using an FTP client such as Filezilla, folders and files uploaded to the server are automatically set to a high security protocol. How can we set the file permissions to be 755 for folders and 644 for files? Below is an example of the File Permissions window.
Image: http://dreamsickle.com/files/File%20Permissions.png
That would depend what FTP server you have installed. Additionally I would look for settings in Filezilla.
are you using sFTP? using plain FTP has some serious security issues.
I think umask is what you need to work with:
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/linux-permissions-basics-and-how-to-use-umask-on-a-vps