Dear All, i need to copy mail files from my REDHAT Linux old server to my CENTOS new server these files in mbox formay in/var/mail directory i need to preserve permissions as well the the modification date n time i tried using scp it works fine but i can the file permissions r not preserved but the date n time is preserved if i try rcp it gives me error xx.yy.zz.1: Connection refused i have the .rhosts file also apprecite your hep regards simon -- Network Administrator