Re: Tramp: changing umask?

[egarrulo]

On 09/06/16 00:21, Nick Dokos wrote:
> egarrulo <egarrulo@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > On 08/06/16 21:37, egarrulo wrote:
> > > On 08/06/16 17:20, Barry Margolin wrote:
> > > > In article <drq6pqFb3dsU1@mid.individual.net>,
> > > > egarrulo <egarrulo@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > When I create a file with C-x C-f (ido-find-file) in Tramp, Tramp
> > > > > creates the file with 0664 permissions instead of 0644 permissions.
> > > > >
> > > > > Here is the relevant configuration:
> > > > >
> > > > > (setq tramp-default-user "myuser")
> > > > > (require 'tramp)
> > > > >
> > > > > How can I make Tramp create new files with 0644 permissions? Thanks.
> > > >
> > > > It sounds like the target user's umask is different from your umask.
> > >
> > > Thanks for your suggestion. Indeed the user's umask is 0002, which
> > > explains
> > > the 0664 permissions. Can I change the umask from Tramp before
> > > creating/saving files?
> >
> > I have tried to connect with SSH, running the command:
> >
> > umask 0022
> >
> > then disconnecting and connecting again, but umask was 0002 again.
>
> That's correct: umask is set for a shell session through an init file
> (.bash_profile, /etc/profile or similar) and it persists only for that
> session. I don't know if there is a tramp way of doing it, but you
> can certainly do what you want by adding
>
> umask 022
>
> to the shell initialization file of the user on the remote host.

I have tried doing so, but it hasn't worked. I am working with a remote
web host and I don't know much about the environment.

I have found that I can run "chmod 0644" on files, therefore
if there were a way to run this command after saving a file via Tramp,
that would could be a way to solve the problem, I think.