Benjamin Sher wrote: >sher@localhost:~$ ls -la /dev/hdc >brw-rw-rw- 1 root cdrom 22, 0 2005-02-26 00:38 /dev/hdc >sher@localhost:~$ ls -la /dev/hdd >brw-rw-rw- 1 root disk 22, 64 2005-02-26 00:38 /dev/hdd > > Yikes! "others" should not have write access to either of these drives. (At least, in a stock Debian setup.) -- Kent