file permissions when editing

[hien.dang]

Is there a way to preserve the unix file permission settings when editing files in BC?

scenario:
- a file has unix permissions of (say) 750
- I edit the file in BC text editor,
- The file's permission is changed to 644

(When I edit the file using any other windows based text editor, the file permissions are not altered)

I'm using 3.1.9 build 11828 on Windows platforms
-with mapped drive connections to Unix files

thanks
hien

[chrroe]

-with mapped drive connections to Unix files

Do you mean a mounted Samba share?
Well I tested your scenario at the office (SLES9, Samba 3.0.20, WinXP SP2):

- create a test.txt in Windows explorer on the share (permissions are set to 744).
- Change the permissions with WinSCP to 750.
- Edit this file with PSPad on the windows machine (keeps 750).
- Edit this file with BC3 on the windows machine (keeps 750).

Ergo: In my environment the permissions are not changed by BC3.

Bye
Christoph

[Aaron]

Hello,

What type of system are your remote drives pointing to? Is it a Unix system or a NAS device? What type and version?

What are the other specific programs you are using besides Beyond Compare 3?

[hien.dang]

I'm using ExpanDrive (v1.8.3) to connect to the Unix system
The files I'm accessing is local to the the Unix server - not on a separate mount point

[Chris]

Does it work correctly for you if you use the built in FTP, FTPS, or SFTP support in Beyond Compare 3?

[hien.dang]

Hi
Sorry took a while to get back to you.

I tried the ftp method & the permissions was not altered.

Thanks.

[Stas]

Hi

I have the same problem on Linux samba share
BC3 create temp file (with default permissions) and move it to original.
Could you please help!

[Zoë]

Stas,

You don't need to post in multiple threads; I've gotten back to you in yours. This is also a different (but related) issue, since hien is using ExpanDrive, not Samba.