On Tue, 11 Nov 2003 20:38:38 -0800, Mike Egglestone wrote: > > I don't know if its possible to modify the ownership of a newly created file. > He who creates, becomes owner. You can use the sgid bit to modify the group > permission to follow that of the parent directory. I thought that is what the 's' bit in the owner part did. What does it do if it doesn't do that? Anita