After some mucking around I'd concluded as much & decided to stick with 'em. On 12/10/2004, at 7:51 AM, Eugene wrote: > The purpose of creating a seperate user/group is to take advantage of > the Unix user privilege system to isolate Apache from undesired access > to other non-web files. Apple has already done so with its > installation > of Apache. Just use user "www" and group "www". Cheers, Pedro :-) Web: <http://www.pedro.net.au> PGP Key ID: 387CD96F Instant messaging... AIM: bandidoOfOz ICQ: 27671678 Jabber: pedrofp MSN: mail at pedro.net.au Yahoo: pedro_fp ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Of all fields of study economics is the last one that should seek to be 'value-free,' lest it deserve Oscar Wilde's remark that an economist is a man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing." Herman E. Daly in 'Steady State Economics'