Changing group in FileZilla
Is there a way for users to change the group on files they have ownership of in FileZilla? Something equivalent to chgrp from the command line? And is there a way to set default groups in FileZilla? Protocol: sftp.
FileZilla Client
Version: 3.9.0.5
Operating system:
- Name: Mac OS X (Darwin 13.4.0 x86_64)
- Version: 10.9
2 Answers
FileZilla does not support changing ownership.
The SFTP technically supports it, though with the SFTP version 3 (that FileZilla supports), it's possible using GUID only (numerical value), not using group name. What is not very user-friendly. FileZilla does not make use of this protocol capability anyway. Also, it's worth noting that the most widespread SFTP server, the OpenSSH, suffers the same limitation.
So you may be able to find an SFTP client that allows changing ownership, but most probably using numerical value only.
WinSCP for instance, can change ownership using both numerical value and group name (for SFTP servers supporting version 4 and newer).
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WinSCP is Windows application. But you can run it on OSX under Wine.
(I'm the author of WinSCP)
Just for completeness: The FTP protocol does not have a standard way to change the ownership either. But some FTP servers allows changing the ownership using the SITE command, e.g. SITE CHGRP. You can enter that command in FileZilla manually using the Server > Enter custom command.
Yes,
Once you connect right click on a file on the lower right subpanel and select File Permissions. Set the properties in the popup window that pops up and click OK.
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