The remote PHP machine maybe forces the files to change their permission when uploaded. This would be security measure. And I think that if this is the case, you won't be able to change the permissions. =========================================== Hristo Yankov, Developer at Portellus, Inc. ICQ - 191445567 Yahoo! - yankov_hristo __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php