[ollio]

Hi


Short:
How to change permissions on every file uploaded through ftp by a specific user or group. (using build-in FTP server of OS X Server 10.2.7.)

Long:
I have for example 3 folders (user1 user2 user3) all owner of their folder, like this
drwxrwxr-x
user1
userGroup

So userx are all member of userGroup.

I am using the build-in FTP server of OS X Server 10.2.7.
I can make it so that when user1 logs in through ftp that he can only see the user1 folder and not more.

I did it this way since I need a superuser (also member of userGroup) that can delete files in all the userx folders(using ftp).

Now my problem is , when a user uploads a file using ftp it gets uploaded as -rw-r--r-- while I want it to be -rw-rw-r- so the super user (which I give ftp access to the parent folder of all the userx folders) can delete those files using ftp.

The problem is , I don't know where I can find the config file of the build in ftp-server to allow changing permissions when writing file to HD.

Installing proFTPd I don't really want to do. After reading about it I thought it doesn't look so easy to install

So I thought maybe Folder Actions.
but then again, if a user creates a new folder in his home folder , will the folder action get triggered? is it recursive?
This for example:

on adding folder items
do shell script "cd /Library/FtpServer/FTProot/myusersclub/; chmod -R 664 user1"
end adding folder items to

thx for help

ollio

[ollio]

anyone?

I still have this problem , and can't find a solution.
Folder actions don't really work in 10.2.7

[ollio]

I put in cron a job to chmod those dirs every minute.

not really what I wanted. but it works.

[Rainy Day]

Now my problem is , when a user uploads a file using ftp it gets uploaded as -rw-r--r-- while I want it to be -rw-rw-r- so the super user (which I give ftp access to the parent folder of all the userx folders) can delete those files using ftp.

The super user can make changes even if he doesn't have write access.

But you probably shouldn't be using FTP at all, and especially not as the super user. Passwords are sent as cleartext with FTP. Use SSH instead (and change all passwords of any account which has used FTP on this machine; do it TODAY/NOW/AS WE SPEAK).