Phil wrote: >How are you getting to /etc/httpd/httpd.conf in the first place? I >assume it must be via the command line since the Finder can't see >anything in /private or the links into it. If you're knowledgeable >enough to use cp and sudo from the command line then you should be >able figure out how to use the pico editor to just edit the file in >place. (After backing it up of course.) > >By the way, I was able to edit the file with textedit after copying >it to my home directory. No extension, type, or creator was added or >changed by my doing so. You would have to change the owner and group >back to the expected values after cp'ing it back to where it belongs. I don't know about Finder, but if you use the "Go" menu and type "/etc/httpd/" then you see httpd.conf and can drag it onto TextEdit and edit it. Is that Finder? or somethign else? Daly ---------------------- _________________________________________________________ Dual 2 GHz G5, 2.5 GB RAM, two 250-GB internal HDs; Epson FW scanner, HD enclosure, iSight; USB Dymo, Palm cradle, graphics tablet, mouse, card reader; Airport Extreme to cable modem, OS X 10.4.6, 23" cinema display.