Package: perl Version: 5.001-3 find /usr/lib/perl5/i486-linux -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \; find /usr/lib/perl5/i486-linux -type d -exec chmod 755 {} \; This would be a lot faster as find /usr/lib/perl5/i486-linux -type f -print0 | xargs -r0 chmod 644 find /usr/lib/perl5/i486-linux -type d -print0 | xargs -r0 chmod 755 perlconfig is slow enough as it is. Also, shouldn't it be in /usr/sbin/perlconfig, rather than /usr/bin ? Ian.