Set default permissions on created files SSH putty vi touch

[Sapphyre]

What controls the permissions that are given when creating files and folders using Putty and
vi
touch
mkdir

In file manager, adding a folder gives it 755 and a file 644.
I would like to default to these same perms when I am working as root, and not have to go the extra step with chmod to correct them all the time!

Is it something you tweak in your bash profile or in putty settings or in vi editor ?

Bonus points: Further, can you set a specific file type to use a different permission ?
i.e. Use 755 when you create a file using vi which ends in .pl or .cgi

[Arf]

I believe "umask" handles the default perms for files/folders.

When migrating I often find the perms messed up. Here's a quick fix on a cpanel server.

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[root /cmd]# cat fixperms 
#!/bin/bash

# Version 2.0 - better handling of add-on domains, plus a little feedback on the process. 
USER="$1"
if [ "$USER" = "" ]; then echo "USER is BLANK"; exit; fi
if [ ! -d /home/$USER ]; then echo "/home/$USER is not a valid directory"; exit; fi

echo "Fixing permissions and file ownership on $USER"
find /home/$USER/public_html -type f -print0 | xargs -I {} -0 chmod 0644 {}
find /home/$USER/public_html -type d -print0 | xargs -I {} -0 chmod 0755 {}
find /home/$USER/public_html -user nobody -type f -print0 | xargs -I {} -0 chown $USER. {}
find /home/$USER/public_html -user nobody -type d -print0 | xargs -I {} -0 chown $USER. {}

# Just in case there are add-on domains:
if [ -d /home/$USER/domains/ ]; then 
  echo "Found some Add-on accounts in /home/$USER/domains, fixing them too"
  find /home/$USER/domains/*/public_html -type f -print0 | xargs -I {} -0 chmod 0644 {}
  find /home/$USER/domains/*/public_html -type d -print0 | xargs -I {} -0 chmod 0755 {}
  find /home/$USER/domains/*/public_html -user nobody -type f -print0 | xargs -I {} -0 chown $USER. {}
  find /home/$USER/domains/*/public_html -user nobody -type d -print0 | xargs -I {} -0 chown $USER. {}
fi
echo "Done."

This is my go-to script when errors come up in a migration.