On 6/14/2006 1:07 PM, Klein, Kevin wrote:
> I have a programmer that is FTPing from a PC app up to a USS(or
whatever the current name is) directory on z/OS. When the file gets
created, it has its permission bits set to 775. Of course, programmers
being programmers, they want the bits to be 776 or 777. Is there a way
to tell USS that any new files created in this specific directory should
have permission set to 777?
The UMASK in UNIX controls the permission bits that get set. For FTP
you can set the UMASK via SITE UMASK nnn (note that with some FTP
clients you may need to use QUOTE SITE UMASK nnn).
See
http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/f1a1b950/5.63?SHELF=EZ2ZO10G&DT=20050708142126
or http://makeashorterlink.com/?W27B3244D for information about the SITE
UMASK command.
Walt Farrell, CISSP
z/OS Security Design, IBM
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