Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!SUMEX-AIM.STANFORD.EDU!acuff From: acuff@SUMEX-AIM.STANFORD.EDU (Richard Acuff) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ti.explorer Subject: Re: unix file protection Message-ID: Date: 28 Aug 89 15:41:48 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Distribution: inet Organization: The Internet Lines: 14 > When an Explorer creates a file on a Unix machine, the file is globally > readable and writable. Has anyone hacked things so that one can specify > the default protections? This is usually due to FTP being used to write files. As far as I've been able to tell Unix's FTP makes up its own mind about what protections should be and there's no way the Explorer can set protection via FTP. The problem would have to be fixed by hacking the Unix FTP server in some way (possibly with some Explorer side changes), and thus the changes would be specific to a particular location. However, if anyone does them, I'd be interested. -- Rich -------