apache access to a textfile

[cazz]

wow thanks it was so simple that I did not have a zero in the beginning so now I have 666 on the file

[cazz]

Morbius is correct. The vsftp.conf manpage is clear:

local_umask
    The value that the umask for file creation is set to for local users. 
    NOTE! If you want to specify octal values, remember the "0" prefix 
    otherwise the value will be treated as a base 10 integer!

    Default: 077

However, their example, sucks. BTW, the default of 0077 **is** an important and smart security setting to prevent abuse of an FTP server storage for illegal activities. These activities have been abusing plain FTP servers since the mid-1990s and are well-known.

Any chance we could talk you into using sftp instead?

ahh I did not see that, feel stupid now but thanks again
Well this FTP is only going to run on the local network. I do not like to open port outside my network and if I going to do that I use SSH/SFTP with a another port then the default