Hello, the following package has permissions 755 for directories and 644 for files. Much better would be to use 111 and 444 (except for /dev/null and /pub of course). Red Hat does that too. Also, the two ls should be hardlinked to save space. Volker Name : ftpdir Relocations: (not relocateable) Version : 99.11.9 Vendor: SuSE GmbH, Nuernberg, Ge rmany Release : 0 Build Date: Wed Nov 10 06:29:08 1999 Install date: (not installed) Build Host: sturm.suse.de Group : unsorted Source RPM: ftpdir-99.11.9-0.src.rpm Size : 1776739 License: 1999 - not specified Packager : feedback@suse.de Summary : A sample "FTP configuration" Description : This package contains a 'change-root'-configuration for anonymous ftp. drwxr-xr-x root root 1024 Nov 10 06:29 /usr/local/ftp/bin -rwxr-xr-x root root 235304 Nov 10 06:29 /usr/local/ftp/bin/compress -rwxr-xr-x root root 367936 Nov 10 06:29 /usr/local/ftp/bin/ls -rwxr-xr-x root root 429572 Nov 10 06:29 /usr/local/ftp/bin/tar drwxr-xr-x root root 1024 Nov 10 06:29 /usr/local/ftp/dev crw-rw-rw- root root 1, 3 Nov 10 06:29 /usr/local/ftp/dev/null drwxr-xr-x root root 1024 Apr 22 1998 /usr/local/ftp/etc -rw-r--r-- root root 31 Apr 22 1996 /usr/local/ftp/etc/group -rw-r--r-- root root 38 Apr 22 1996 /usr/local/ftp/etc/passwd drwxr-xr-x root root 1024 Nov 10 06:29 /usr/local/ftp/lib drwxr-xr-x root root 1024 Apr 21 1998 /usr/local/ftp/msgs -rw-r--r-- root root 61 May 08 1996 /usr/local/ftp/msgs/msg.dea d -rw-r--r-- root root 417 May 08 1996 /usr/local/ftp/msgs/welcome .msg drwxr-xr-x root root 1024 Nov 10 06:29 /usr/local/ftp/pub drwxr-xr-x root root 1024 Nov 10 06:29 /usr/local/ftp/usr drwxr-xr-x root root 1024 Nov 10 06:29 /usr/local/ftp/usr/bin -rwxr-xr-x root root 367252 Nov 10 06:29 /usr/local/ftp/usr/bin/gzip -rwxr-xr-x root root 367936 Nov 10 06:29 /usr/local/ftp/usr/bin/ls