On Feb 5, 2004, at 6:36 AM, Craig White wrote:

> 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

They aren't quite the same but they do use the same transport mechanism.
>
> 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?

Sounds like a simple WinSCP bug. Their site isn't responding right now 
so I can't tell if it's a known bug. Actually, I guess "bug" is too 
strong since I've never seen a claim that WinSCP pays any attention to 
umask in the documentation. Call it a misfeature.