Hi all, This is more or less one for Roman & Co. Is there a compelling reason why the directories under /usr/src/packages should be world writable and readable? theo:/home/theo $ sudo rpm -ql --dump rpm-3.0.4-0 [..] /usr/src/packages/BUILD 35 953918273 041777 root root 0 0 8772 X /usr/src/packages/RPMS 77 953918273 041777 root root 0 0 597 X /usr/src/packages/RPMS/i386 35 953918273 041777 root root 0 0 0 X /usr/src/packages/RPMS/noarch 35 953918273 041777 root root 0 0 18526 X /usr/src/packages/SOURCES 35 953918273 041777 root root 0 0 18707 X /usr/src/packages/SPECS 35 953918273 041777 root root 0 0 18508 X /usr/src/packages/SRPMS 35 953918273 041777 root root 0 0 18504 X What stops a local from messing with sources, (re)builds, specs etc? Theo