Set a Remote File's POSIX Permissions

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Demonstrates the Chilkat SFtp.SetPermissions method, which sets the POSIX permission bits of a remote item. The arguments are the remote path (or handle), whether the first argument is a handle, and the permission bits. Pass the permission bits only, not the file-type bits.

    success := false

    //  Demonstrates the SFtp.SetPermissions method, which sets the POSIX permission bits of a remote
    //  item.  The 1st argument is the remote path (or handle), the 2nd (isHandle) indicates which,
    //  and the 3rd is the permission bits.

    sftp := chilkat.NewSFtp()

    //  Connect, authenticate, and initialize the SFTP subsystem.
    port := 22
    success = sftp.Connect("sftp.example.com",port)
    if success == false {
        fmt.Println(sftp.LastErrorText())
        sftp.DisposeSFtp()
        return
    }

    //  Normally you would not hard-code the password in source.  You should instead obtain it
    //  from an interactive prompt, environment variable, or a secrets vault.
    password := "mySshPassword"

    success = sftp.AuthenticatePw("mySshLogin",password)
    if success == false {
        fmt.Println(sftp.LastErrorText())
        sftp.DisposeSFtp()
        return
    }

    success = sftp.InitializeSftp()
    if success == false {
        fmt.Println(sftp.LastErrorText())
        sftp.DisposeSFtp()
        return
    }

    //  The 1st argument is a path, so isHandle is false.
    isHandle := false

    //  Pass the permission bits, not the file-type bits.  0755 gives the owner read/write/execute and
    //  read/execute to group and others -- a common mode for an executable script.
    permissions := 493
    success = sftp.SetPermissions("subdir/script.sh",isHandle,permissions)
    if success == false {
        fmt.Println(sftp.LastErrorText())
        sftp.DisposeSFtp()
        return
    }

    fmt.Println("Permissions set.")

    sftp.Disconnect()

    sftp.DisposeSFtp()