Tim: >> Yes they can. They have write access to their own homespace, so they >> can change the files in there. They can delete that file and create >> their own replacement. jdow: > That can be dealt with if the owner is root and world read/execute is > permitted. Doesn't make a scrap of difference. As root I just made a file into my own homespace with permissions of "rw-rw-r--". Then I logged out as root, and deleted the file as myself. I can do this because I own the directory in my own space, it doesn't matter who owned the file. -- Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists.