On Feb 7, 2005, at 5:55 PM, Wayne Wilkin wrote: > Common problem under this type of workflow. The only workaround I > found especially with database files because they tend to be small is > have the main user (the modifying user), have her/him open and make > changes to the files on a network share not on their computer. Wayne, Thanks - this solution worked great - I have the database "modifyer" push the updated files to a dummy account on an OS X computer. When OS X users grab those files, they have read-write permissions automagically. No whining! Thanks for your help! Peter A little computer haiku: I can't remember the last time I restarted I love OS X This message sent with Mail.app 1.3 on Mac OS X 10.3.7