Dell Unity: How to set up an FTP umask. (User Correctable)

Summary: This KB describes how to set up umask for Unity's FTP configuration.

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Instructions

  1. Check the current settings.
svc_nas ALL -param -facility ftpd -info umask -verbose 
# svc_nas ALL -param -facility ftpd -info umask -verbose

SPA :
name                    = umask
facility_name           = ftpd
default_value           = 18
current_value           = 18
configured_value        =
param_type              = global
user_action             = restart NAS Server　<< In this explanation, the NAS Server needs to be restarted, but in fact, the SP needs to be rebooted.
change_effective        = restart NAS Server　<< In this explanation, the NAS Server needs to be restarted, but in fact, the SP needs to be rebooted.
range                   = (0,511)
description             = Default umask used to create a file or a directory

detailed_description
Determines default value that will be used for the shares where no specific umask is specified. 
The default setting for this parameter is 0x12 (octal 022). 
Umask with 022 means rw-r--r-- for file creation and rwxr-xr-x for directories.
...
The above result indicates that this parameter is a global parameter and that a restart of the NAS Server is required for the setting to take effect.
However, it requires SP reboot to make the change take effect.
  1. Change the settings.
If the umask value is to be 000, set value to 0. 
svc_nas ALL -param -facility ftpd -modify umask -value 0
If the value of umask is to be 222, set value to 146.
Octal = 222 Decimal = 146 
svc_nas ALL -param -facility ftpd -modify umask -value 146
# svc_nas ALL -param -facility ftpd -modify umask -value 146

SPA : done
SPB : done
  1. Reboot both SPs one by one to make the change take effect.

Affected Products

Dell EMC Unity, Dell Unity 300, Dell EMC Unity 300F, Dell EMC Unity 350F, Dell EMC Unity XT 380, Dell EMC Unity XT 380F, Dell EMC Unity 400, Dell EMC Unity 400F, Dell EMC Unity 450F, Dell EMC Unity XT 480, Dell EMC Unity XT 480F, Dell EMC Unity 500 , Dell EMC Unity 500F, Dell EMC Unity 550F, Dell EMC Unity 600, Dell EMC Unity 600F, Dell EMC Unity 650F, Dell EMC Unity XT 680, Dell EMC Unity XT 680F, Dell EMC Unity XT 880, Dell EMC Unity XT 880F, Dell EMC Unity Family |Dell EMC Unity All Flash, Dell EMC Unity Family, Dell EMC Unity Hybrid, Dell EMC UnityVSA Professional Edition/Unity Cloud Edition ...
Article Properties
Article Number: 000198160
Article Type: How To
Last Modified: 24 May 2023
Version:  5
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