[buug] Access control

[Rick Moen]

Quoting Bill Honeycutt (wfhoney at pacbell.net):

> I wish it were so, Rick.

Well, it _is_ so -- with scp.  But it turns out that you're not using scp.

> Complications result from the fact that these files come from a WinDoze 
> computer and we're using pscp.com to copy them.  The source file has the 
> "Archive" bit set, but by the time it reaches the ext2 filesystem 
> somehow they muddle through with 644 permissions.

When you say the "archive" bit, I infer that you mean the Microsoft-OS
permission bit of that name.  If so, that has no obvious relevance to
your situation.

On the other hand, pscp's construction would seem very relevant:
http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/wishlist/pscp-filemodes.html

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