hi again, [root at dev ~]# ls -all /var/www/ total 64 drwxr-xr-x 8 root root 4096 Mar 3 11:44 . drwxr-xr-x 21 root root 4096 Mar 3 11:44 .. drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jan 15 20:36 cgi-bin drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Mar 3 11:43 error drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jan 15 20:36 html drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Mar 3 11:44 icons drwxr-xr-x 14 root root 4096 Mar 3 11:44 manual drwxr-xr-x 2 webalizer root 4096 Mar 3 11:44 usage currently, html is belonging to root group/owner and httpd is running under apache user/group. what should i change html to, so that httpd can run safely under apache user/group??? or should i change httpd to run under a different user/group??? if i keep httpd running on apache user/group, should i change html to apache group/owner??? thank you for all your help. t. hiep