Paul Howarth: >>> A user other than the owner that is in the same group as the file won't >>> be able to read it, will they? Tim: >> Argh, double negative logic, and it's 6am... >> >> If I create a test file as user and group "tim", then make it mode 404 >> e.g. -r-----r-- 1 tim tim 5 Jan 12 06:04 permissions.text >> User "test" in group "test" can read it (I've tested this). >> >> Are you saying that they should or shouldn't be able to do so? Paul Howarth: > What about user "test" in group "tim"? Same results, as I expected. -- Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists.