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

[Iain Gray]

If you set UseLogin to yes in the sshd_config then any ssh session
will use your login scripts like .bashrc, etc

On 04/09/06, Alain Williams <addw at phcomp.co.uk> wrote:
> 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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