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Change permissions upon uploading with scp

Fresh5 days ago
Mar 15, 2026119846 views
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Problem

I am uploading files to my shell account using scp. As I need different permissions on the server than on my computer, I'd like to have a way to easily change the permissions upon upload without needing to ssh to the account and change them manually.

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Fix for: Change permissions upon uploading with scp

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If you're copying from a windows machine, you can use WinSCP to copy, and it has an option to set the permissions on the copied files after the upload. If not, I think your only choice is to execute a chmod on the server after the upload, which you could do remotely with an ssh command:

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