How to force permission rights when sending files over SFTP

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Issue

  • When uploading files using SFTP, permissions are always set to 644 and I want 664 instead

    $ sftp mysftpserver
    sftp> !ls -l myfile
    -rw-rw-r--. 1 rmetrich rmetrich 0 Dec 15 09:49 myfile
    sftp> put myfile
    Uploading myfile to /root/myfile
    myfile                                                                              100%    0     0.0KB/s   00:00    
    sftp> ls -l
    -rw-r--r--  1 rmetrich rmetrich 0 Dec 15 09:50 myfile
    
  • When uploading files using SFTP and preserving permissions, permissions are always set to source file's permissions and I want 664 instead

    $ sftp mysftpserver
    sftp> !ls -l myfile
    -rw-r--r--. 1 rmetrich rmetrich 0 Dec 15 09:49 myfile
    sftp> put -p myfile
    Uploading myfile to /root/myfile
    myfile                                                                              100%    0     0.0KB/s   00:00    
    sftp> ls -l
    -rw-r--r--  1 rmetrich rmetrich 0 Dec 15 09:50 myfile
    

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
    • sftp

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