[Gllug] default umask - where set, scp & sftp

[Alain Williams]

On Mon, Sep 04, 2006 at 02:05:11PM +0100, Alain Williams wrote:
> I am trying to change the default umask setting for files put up to a server
> using scp and sftp. For straight login it is easy enough (/etc/bashrc, or /etc/profile)
> but scp & sftp ?
> 
> I thought that this would take me one minute to find, but can't.
> 
> Oh: Linux - RedHat enterprise 4 (well, Centos actually)

Sorry to answer my own question so quickly -- I had spent 1/2 hour puzzling.

The answer is that there is no config file to do so (or so it appears), it takes
it from the 'environment' in which ssh is started, ie /etc/init.d/sshd.
So I created /etc/sysconfig/sshd to contain an appropriate umask command, and
voila I get what I want.

For non RH people: /etc/sysconfig/sshd is run/dotted by /etc/init.d/sshd.

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Alain Williams
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