Perl

Set a Remote File's POSIX Permissions

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.

Background: This is the SFTP equivalent of chmod. Common values, written as octal, are 0644 for a normal file, 0600 for a private file, and 0755 for an executable or a directory. In languages without octal literals the same values must be given in decimal or hexadecimal (for example 0755 is decimal 493). Setting an executable bit after uploading a script is the classic use.

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use chilkat();

$success = 0;

#  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::CkSFtp->new();

#  Connect, authenticate, and initialize the SFTP subsystem.
$port = 22;
$success = $sftp->Connect("sftp.example.com",$port);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $sftp->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

#  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 == 0) {
    print $sftp->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

$success = $sftp->InitializeSftp();
if ($success == 0) {
    print $sftp->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

#  The 1st argument is a path, so isHandle is 0.
$isHandle = 0;

#  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 == 0) {
    print $sftp->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

print "Permissions set." . "\r\n";

$sftp->Disconnect();