From 61e986f23c212211010488365d10aa775a3feb9d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: dga-nagra <147379886+dga-nagra@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2026 11:01:44 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Conditionnaly change permissions (#1)

---
 deploy/ssh.sh | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/deploy/ssh.sh b/deploy/ssh.sh
index 3039c4ea..848380a5 100644
--- a/deploy/ssh.sh
+++ b/deploy/ssh.sh
@@ -238,8 +238,10 @@ then rm -rf \"\$fn\"; echo \"Backup \$fn deleted as older than 180 days\"; fi; d
         return $_err_code
       fi
     else
+      # If file doesn't exist, create it and change its permissions.
+      _cmdstr="$_cmdstr test ! -f $DEPLOY_SSH_KEYFILE && touch $DEPLOY_SSH_KEYFILE && chmod 600 $DEPLOY_SSH_KEYFILE;"
       # ssh echo to the file
-      _cmdstr="$_cmdstr echo \"$(cat "$_ckey")\" > $DEPLOY_SSH_KEYFILE; chmod 600 $DEPLOY_SSH_KEYFILE;"
+      _cmdstr="$_cmdstr echo \"$(cat "$_ckey")\" > $DEPLOY_SSH_KEYFILE;"
       _info "will copy private key to remote file $DEPLOY_SSH_KEYFILE"
       if [ "$DEPLOY_SSH_MULTI_CALL" = "yes" ]; then
         if ! _ssh_remote_cmd "$_cmdstr"; then