hi people. it doesn't appear that permissions set within the /etc/skel carry over to the new users home directory (this is expected but unfortunate!). here's what i did: # cd /etc/skel # mkdir www # chown .apache . www/ # chmod 770 . www/ # useradd webtest # passwd webtest <password stuff> of course the directory exists in /home/webtest but it's owned by the user and it's group and not apache. how do i give it default permissions also? thanks, chris. -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list