>The UMASK in UNIX controls the permission bits that get set. No, this is not correct. UMASK controls the bits that will *not* be set upon file creation. With umask 000, the bits initially set on a new file solely depend on the program creating the file. When umask is anything other than 000, the permission bits corresponding to the bits *set* in the umask will *not* be set on the new file no matter what the creating program specifies.
The creating program in the case of ftp, is the ftp server on 'put' and the ftp client on 'get' commands. As per documentation, z/OS ftp does never set the execution bit when creating z/OS UNIX files, and this is also what I see when testing. So, I wonder how you get 775 on your files. Peter Hunkeler CREDIT SUISSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
