[ILUG] [OT] Solaris umask and ftp

[Brian Scanlan]

On Tue, 18 May 2004 in lists.ilug you wrote:
> Solaris ftp server on SunOS 5.7.  I have a user 'incoming' with a shell of
> '/dev/null' that recieves files by ftp.  I want to set a umask of 002 for
> incoming files.  Can I do this?

You might want to set the default system umask - a good hardening package
like Titan (or maybe JASS, though I've litte experience with JASS) will
do this...

http://www.fish.com/titan/TITAN_Solaris2.html

...also see the Solaris FAQ...
http://www.science.uva.nl/pub/solaris/solaris2/Q3.51.html

...or you could simply run
quote SITE umask 002
...when you're ftping stuff up.

Brian.
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