chmod with Net::FTP

Anonymous Monk has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hi!

Has anyone ever tried to chmod a remote file with Net::FTP? Here is my code (does not work)

my $ftp = Net::FTP->new('foobar');
$ftp->login('foo', 'bar');
$ftp->put('localfile', 'remotefile');
$ftp->quot('chmod', '777', 'remotefile');
$ftp->quit();
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Thoughts?

Thanks in advance!
Mr. D'Oh.

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Re: chmod with Net::FTP by cLive ;-) (Prior) on Aug 01, 2001 at 18:17 UTC
Close. Next time you use a GUI FTP client, log your session, then look at exactly what gets sent. What you need is: `$ftp->quot('SITE','chmod', '777', 'remotefile');` [download] Remember to send the full command when you use $ftp->quot! cLive ;-)	[reply] [d/l]
Re: chmod with Net::FTP by nardo (Friar) on Aug 01, 2001 at 18:08 UTC
`$ftp->site('chmod', '777', 'remotefile');`	[reply] [d/l]
Re: chmod with Net::FTP by suaveant (Parson) on Aug 01, 2001 at 18:18 UTC
Or... $FTP->quot('SITE',"CHMOD 777 remotefile"); TIMTOWTDI - Ant	[reply]
Re: chmod with Net::FTP by jlongino (Parson) on Aug 01, 2001 at 21:10 UTC
Mr.D'Oh, Something to consider. In the rare event that the `Net::FTP` suggestions you've already received do not work, you might want to check with the Systems Administrator to determine whether or not they have disabled any of the standard inet services. I don't know which inet service(s) the `Net::FTP` module uses to implement the `site()` method. On all of our Unix boxes, services that rely on rexec, rsh, or rlogin have been disabled. After floundering around with the `Net::FTP site()` method for three days (the other `Net::FTP` methods worked fine), I discovered that command executions worked fine via the `Net::Telnet cmd()` method. Hope the `Net::FTP site()` solutions works for you.	[reply] [d/l] [select]