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In sftp, how to set the default permission for all files in a folder?

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I want to set the default permission for all files in a folder, including newly uploaded ones, to a certain value, say 644, instead of doing "chmod 644" all the time. Is there any command making this possible?

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Alternatively, you can set the umask for all sftp logins in sshd's config file (/etc/ssh/sshd_config on my Debian box). For that add to the sftp subsystem line like so: From :

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