struggling a little with umask I have a network that I want to allow off-site 'vendors' to drop and take files from server via scp which apparently is actually sftp I created the user exchange and have the directory for this user to use and his umask is 002. If I create a directory or file as that user, the permissions are indeed 775/664. If this user logs in via WinSCP and creates a file or folder, it is created as 755/644 and thus a member of the group cannot delete the files or directories created by this user. I changed /etc/sshd_config to PermitUserEnvironment Yes and put a file in this users $HOME/.ssh/environment with the contents of umask 002 - restarted sshd but that doesn't change the permissions of new files and directories. Anyone got a suggestion? Thanks Craig