> Did you add user gerald to group root? Revert it, no need for that. Use > "su -" or "sudo" instead. User gerald was in group root. After removal the symbols changed after re-login. With FC1 I had no problems with that configuration. What's the reason for that strange behavior? > As other answers already said, chmodding 750 to all content of $HOME is > not what is suggested in any way. Though such changes is not necessary > in your case, you may memorize the usage of find: > > find /path/under/which/you/want/change/ -type d -exec chmod 750 {} \; > find /path/under/which/you/want/change/ -type -f -exec chmod 640 {} \; worked fine, thanks Gerald