# FTP account creating files with permission 000

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ftp-account-creating-files-with-permission-000/317567>\
**Category:** programming\
**Created:** [December 24, 2010, 6:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ftp-account-creating-files-with-permission-000/317567 "2010-12-24T18:16:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![DaveMania](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5daacb/32.png) [@DaveMania](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/DaveMania)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2010, 6:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ftp-account-creating-files-with-permission-000/317567/1 "2010-12-24T18:16:44Z")

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This is a strange one and I’m not very well versed in SSH or using linux.

I set up an FTP account on my server as my University blocks SSH. But when I create files with the user the permissions default to 000.

Is there a way I can change this? Any and all help appreciated.