Michael Lankton wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE>This is odd. Last night netscape wouldn't let me save a file because I <BR>didn't have permission. I didn't have a clue, so I pulled up rxvt, <BR>su'ed, cd .., chown -R satan satan and chgrp -R users satan, then <BR>netscape downloaded the file without protest. Now I just tried to <BR>download a file 24 hours later and netscape said I didn't have <BR>permission. So I pulled up rxvt and cd .. to /home, and my user <BR>directory which should have been satan users was root root. What did I <BR>screw up and how do I fix it? Why would the ownership of my user <BR>directory change to root without me doing so? <BR>Thanks in advance, I'm puzzled by this. <BR> </BLOCKQUOTE> Well, when I run into that problem, (I do everything on the internet out of xfree), I just pull up the root window, go to the directory that I am trying to save the file in and check the permissions on that directory. Usually, the directory is set up owner root and group root, well, I just keep the ownerships the same (I'm a member of the group root) and enable the write for that group. (664:=) <PRE>-- cya l8r Leon McClatchey <A HREF="mailto:leonmcclatchey@homemail.com">mailto:leonmcclatchey@homemail.com</A> Party on Linux:-)</PRE>