How to control the file permissions when the netbeans php plugin uploads a file with FTP

Question

Whenever netbeans preforms an ftp upload the files are uploaded with the permissions set to 640. This causes PHP to throw the following error:

Warning: Unknown: failed to open stream: Permission denied in Unknown on line 0

Fatal error: Unknown: Failed opening required '/Library/WebServer/Documents/notes/index.php' (include_path='.:/usr/local/php5/lib/php') in Unknown on line 0

While I can clean it up with a quick chmod o+r ./* in the command prompt it causes netbeans to resynchronize the entire project next time I hit run which in turn sets the permissions back to 640.

I need a way to make netbeans upload the files with permissions set to 644.

Answer 1

Just to make a little easier if you are tired like I was. All the other answer where a rabbit hole and didn't work for me.

Answer 2

In your vsftp.conf file, look for this:

# Default umask for local users is 077. You may wish to change this to 022,
local_umask=022

Then, un-comment / adjust as needed.

Answer 3

Make sure the checkbox for "Preserve Remote File Permissions" under Project Properties > Run Configuration is checked, if you want to not change remote file permissions.

Answer 4

I determined that the problem was not with netbeans. It was with ftpd on the server.

The fix was to create a file called ftpd.conf in /etc/ and add the following line:

umask all 022