Re: Weird tramp scp permissions issue with

[Kevin Rodgers]

Ian Eure wrote:
> Any file I create on a remote host using tramp's scp method gets a mode 
> of 0600, rather than the 0644 I would like. If I use the (slower) ssh 
> method, the file gets the correct mode.
>
> What seems to be happening is that the local file gets created with 
> 0600, which is preserved when it's SCP'd over. Indeed, 'tramp-methods 
> shows that the `-p' argument is passed to scp, which does exactly this.
>
> My umask is 0022 on both ends, which is correct. So tramp seems to be 
> creating the file with 0600 before it copies it.
>
> Does anyone know how I can fix this?

,----[ C-h f default-file-modes RET ]
| default-file-modes is a built-in function in `C source code'.
| (default-file-modes)
|
| Return the default file protection for created files.
| The value is an integer.
|
| [back]
`----

,----[ C-h f set-default-file-modes RET ]
| set-default-file-modes is a built-in function in `C source code'.
| (set-default-file-modes mode)
|
| Set the file permission bits for newly created files.
| The argument mode should be an integer; only the low 9 bits are used.
| This setting is inherited by subprocesses.
|
| [back]
`----

For the familiar octal notation:

(format "%03o" (default-file-modes))

(set-default-file-modes ?\644)

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Kevin Rodgers
Denver, Colorado, USA