After much frustration, I decided to simply add a umask(000) to the beginning of main() in order to alleviate troubles I've been having with the perm() and dir_perm() configuration directives. One thing, though, that I think is needed in the config that doesn't currently exist is dir_user() and dir_group() directives to control the ownership of created directories. Would anyone else find this useful? Chris Sibbitt JetNet Internetworking Services Inc. Providing Secure Internet Communications Phone 613-271-6220x228 FAX 613-271-6229 Email csibbitt@jetnet.ca Web www.jetnet.ca <http://www.jetnet.ca/>