Adrian.Aichner(a)t-online.de (Adrian Aichner) wrote: This is basic sysadmin 101, and I'm not sure we really need to say anything (in a manual/document). The obvious things are: * With the possible exception of "movemail", the appropriate owner/group is highly site-dependent, and is defined by local site policies. Personally, I happen to use "bin/bin", although many sites do not like to use these. * Depending on the OS, "movemail" may need special permissions, which are, of course, OS-dependent. For example, under HP-UX, the owner is irrelevant, but the group must be "mail", and movemail must be setgid. Other operating systems have other, different requirements. * File permissions: "chmod 444"" are good, with "555" for executables. * Directory permissions: 555, generally. The only possible exception is "777" (not 555) for the lock directory, if you happen to have one (newer versions of XEmacs appear to have eliminated the lock dir). However, local site policies may disallow a publicly writable lock directory. -- Darryl Okahata darrylo(a)soco.agilent.com DISCLAIMER: this message is the author's personal opinion and does not constitute the support, opinion, or policy of Agilent Technologies, or of the little green men that have been following him all day.