On Sun, 2009-12-20 at 12:58 -0500, Al wrote: > I've got a PHP script running on a shared host [Blue Host] that creates a > directory and writes files in it. > > The directory and files are "owned" by the site name, not "nobody" as I've > always seen on other shared hosts. > > Anyone have a possible explanation for this? > > Thanks, Al......... > The files, if created by PHP, will belong to the user and group that your instance of Apache is running under. Some hosts are set up slightly differently, but it's nothing to worry about. Thanks, Ash http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk