From: Stroller <macmonster at myrealbox.com> >I notice, however, that programs I have dragged & dropped to the >main /Applications (and those installed by Canon's installer >software) _seem_ to be owned by me, so David's remarks _may_ be moot. Drag installed apps are a weakness in OSX's armour. Apps installed by an installer _should_ make the installation owned by root. David -- David Ledger - Freelance Unix Sysadmin in the UK. HP-UX specialist of hpUG technical user group (www.hpug.org.uk) david.ledger at ivdcs.co.uk www.ivdcs.co.uk