chmod syntax in FTP-Client on all subdirectories

Question

Which ftp client or which syntax allows easy chmod for sub-directories?

Solution

LFTP allows for recursive CHMOD if the client allows it. You can accomplish this by logging in with LFTP from a Unix/Linux CLI and then run the following:

chmod -R 0755 /www/directory/*

You could also setup a real nifty Bash script for this:

#!/bin/bash
lftp <<EOF
set ftp:ssl-allow no
set ftp:passive-mode true
set ftp:list-options -a
open -u [user],[password] [host]
chmod -R 0777 /www/directory/*
EOF

Of course LFTP does not distinguish between files and folders, for running this command on only files/folders respectively I would suggest using FileZilla. It allows this when running the command on a folder.