Re: [Pan-users] Re: Save attachment file permissions

[Paul Crawford]

Dear Duncan,
> The above claim, that under Linux, files are created with default 
> permission 644, is simply not accurate.  It's too general (perhaps 
> certain distributions, not "Linux") and lacks a description of the vital 
> role umask plays in determining default file permissions.

I have just tried sending a .exe file to myself and with Thunderbird it 
is saved with a 644 mask, which is what I expected.

I can also confirm that saving the putty.exe Windows Telnet/SSH client 
using Opera from 
http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html also 
results in the expected 644 permission settings.

All on the same Ubuntu 8.10 box, so it looks very much like Pan is at 
fault here (or perhaps is just not being more proactive in stopping a 
stupidly "helpful" system?).

Regards,
Paul