Wouldn't it be nice if the FTP server had the options to...
* Specify the default Namespace (MPE/iX or Posix)
* Specify the default security matrix for creation of new files in Posix
namespace (ie the umask settings)
* Specify these security settings on a user-by-user basis
Mark Wilkinson.
SPE
PS. BTW, I've just started to learn Linux <g>