Add X to Directories Doesn't Work Recursively

When I'm setting permissions on a folder (or group of selected folders), and I choose both "Add X to directories" and "Set group, owner and permissions recursively"... WinSCP only adds X to the selected folders, not the folders of the recursive list of directories/files.

This has been a bug for some time, and it's really graining on me now. Please fix this as soon as possible. Thanks! :)

So, what's the verdict on this issue? Do you see it? It's definitely there for SCP connections. Not sure about FTP/SFTP.

It work's (does not work) for SCP as you describe. It is by design. Documented here, explained sort of here.

I don't get it. I can easily do this with a SSH command. Why don't you just update the command you're using over SCP to do the same thing?

What command?

Don't you send a SSH command over the SCP connection to accomplish the ownership and permission modifications? chown, chmod, etc? If you modify your chown/chmod command to use "find" similarly to my SSH command below, it might help fix this issue:

WinSCP Syntax: find !/ -type d -exec chmod -v !?chmod:?755! {} \
Normal Syntax: find /some/path/ -type d -exec chmod -v 755 {} \

-type d essentially means "only apply the exec'd command to directories"
-type f would mean "only apply the exec'd command to files"

everything after -exec gets applied as a command to those directories or files (depending on the -type). In this case: chmod -v 755

I've never seen a server this hasn't worked on.

I'm not sure if I would dare to change the command to something that complicated, because of compatibility reasons. My policy is not to touch SCP anymore anyway.

purefusion wrote:

[...]
WinSCP Syntax: find !/ -type d -exec chmod -v !?chmod:?755! {} \
Normal Syntax: find /some/path/ -type d -exec chmod -v 755 {} \
[...]

purefusion, I'm using your command as a custom command in WinSCP, and it works like a charm, with one small change :
I had to add ; at the end, otherwise the command would fail with "find: missing argument to -exec"

So the working command for me is :
find !/ -type d -exec chmod -v !?chmod:?755! {} \;

Thanks for your help!

Uhm guys...i got a question too i'm afraid..
I just recently switched from Vista to Windows 7 on my laptop, and on Windows Vista i had no problems with Winscp, But today i wanted to do some stuff....And i filled excact the same IP and root and alpine, and he refuses to give me entrance.
I checked my wifi. it's the same as my computer. Doesn't Winscp work in Windows 7? Can
anyone please tell me what to do ASAP