There is a little program/utility/PrefPane called Macroni, available from MacUpdate or Version Tracker that will automatically repair permissions on a time frame that you set. It will also take care of the Unix Daily, Weekly, and MOnthly house keeping tasks for you seamlessly once you configure it. It is cheap as well don't remember right off what the shareware is but not much David > > David Johnson johnson at intrstar.net Snail Mail: PO Box 215 Newton Grove, NC 28366 We Won! Now all the computers in the world are essentially like a Mac. Steve Wozniak, Co-Founder, Apple Computer Sent with OS X Mail from a Small Dog Electronics (http://www.smalldog.com) G4/500 using Jaguar