I saw the following in my 'tiger' output --FAIL-- [dev002f] /dev/log has world permissions which is indeed true: $ file /dev/log /dev/log: socket $ ls -lt /dev/log srw-rw-rw- 1 root root 0 2005-06-28 13:28 /dev/log but I cannot find a manual page etc that tells me what this socket is for or whether the permissions are correct all advice gratefully received -- Michael Bane Atmospheric Physics Group University of Manchester