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FTP and umask : how to change the umask of a FTP account for a given user

Hello !

I would like to change the umask for a given FTP account WITHOUT changing default umask of ftpd for the other accounts.

I know that i can give some commands in the FTP session (changing umask when connected), but i CANNOT do that because the application wich connects to the ftp server cannot evolve.

So i MUST do that in an administering way, changing a conf file ...

Thanks !

giltjr

What ftp server software are you using?

cobol60

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Solaris 8 & 10 ftpd

giltjr

It looks like Solaris uses wu-ftpd by default. If that is true you should be able to setup the user in a specific class and then using defumask, setup a unqiue umask for that class:

class special "userid"
defumask 0177 special

Not 100% sure about this, I don't have a wu-ftpd setup I can test with right now.

giltjr

O.K, don't think that will work. After reading more the class statement seems to require specifing a IP address or IP subnet.

You may want to read:

http://man.cx/ftpaccess%285%29/ko

cobol60

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I read this document and effectively, it seems there is a way to define a umask for a given class. But classes are defined with net addresses.

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cobol60

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It's strange that a such feature seems not to exist while a umask by an ip address seems to be functional ... I post if a found any solution. Thank's giltjr for your help.