Subject: Re: Permissions problem with mod_sftp

Re: Permissions problem with mod_sftp

From: Alexander Lamaison <swish_at_lammy.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 26 May 2012 19:43:50 +0100

On 25 May 2012 20:42, Will Cosgrove <will_at_panic.com> wrote:
> Hi Guys,
> We've run into a curious problem with libssh2 (1.4.1) with users using proFTPD (1.3.4) and mod_sftp.  What is happening is when we open a remote handle for *reading* like so:
>
> remoteHandle = libssh2_sftp_open(session, file, LIBSSH2_FXF_READ, 0);
>
> The server wipes out the file permissions.  I.e., sets them to 000.  According to the docs, if the file exists on disk it should ignore the mode bits.  But it seems not to be the case.
...
> Before I continue tracking this down, do you guys have any ideas what the differences would be between openssh's sftp implementation and libssh2 which would be causing this?

Can you enable debugging and send us the trace? 

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Received on 2012-05-26