File permissions are not preserved

[JeremieBourque1]

Hi,

I am using FreeFileSync to syncronize files between two computers running Ubuntu 20.04 using SFTP. Some of these files are python files that were made executable with the command

chmod +x file.py


In the options of FreeFileSync, I have "Copy file access permissions" checked.

However, after the sync is complete, the python file is no longer an executable on the other computer. This isn't a problem if I simply copy the file via SFTP with an application such as FileZilla.

Any idea on how to fix this?

Thanks

[therube]

Copy file access permissions

States that is "requires administrator rights".
On Windows, that would imply needing to run FFS.exe "as Administrator".

On Linux, maybe it needs su -c FFS or something like that?

[JeremieBourque1]

I tried running FreeFileSync with sudo but I get the same problem.
The command I used is:

sudo freefilesync


I don't know if it helps but the version I have installed is 11.14

[therube]

Is it only .py files where this happens?
If you chmod +x a .txt file & sync that over, does that also lose the execute attribute?

[JeremieBourque1]

Yes it also loses the execute attribute for a .txt file.
The permission flags before synching is -rwxrwxr-x and after synching it's -rw-rw-r--

[JeremieBourque1]

I tried synching between two folders on one computer instead of across two computers and the permissions were preserved. So the problem only happens with SFTP.

[Zenju]

Preserving existing file permissions is something FFS currently doesn't handle:
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