Grettings all! I have a file: /home/user/.kde/share/config/kdeglobals it's permissions keep getting changed to owner root and when it does so it makes the desktop settings change. I looked in various scripts and can't find what is changing the permissions on this file. I notice other files in that same directory keep getting their ownership permissions changed as well, however the file I am concerned about is kdeglobals since it has to constantly be manually changed back to the user's ownership and then the user has to re-start kde each time. I only noticed this because the Default Language was changed and the Clock was in 24hour format (when I know I set the language to US and the clock to 12hour.) thanks for helping. -- Leave the Constitution Alone. http://members.osb.net/phil