hi I was trying to read a file from Desktop (Centos), Simply saying (php code file is in /var/www/html/ ) if (file_exists("/root/Desktop/conf_files_linux")) echo "yes file is there"; else echo "no none"; It gives me none. If i place conf_files_linux file in /var/www/html. i get yes... After checking log file i got [notice] suEXEC mechanism enabled (wrapper: /usr/sbin/suexec) What i need to do, so tht i can access files from outside? help pls thanx -- vikas sharma