I'm having a real tough time getting this done correctly.

I'm on a LINUX server. Control panel is H-SPHERE with WebShell as the file manager tool.

I TAR'd some files from one site then brought it over from another site. When I untar it using the WebShell tool, it seems to set all the folders/files with the same permissions, and does not retain the original permissions.

Is there a better way to do this? I tried WS_FTP_PRO, and some other tools, but i just can't get it work correctly.

Advice and insight so I can do this correctly would be great. thanks in advance.

Some Webshell "howtos" at http://metanethosting.com/webshell.htm

When you UNTAR the file the permissions will remain same as when you have TAR'd the file. If you would like to change the permission then you will have to manually change it through SSH or from your control panel.