This is OT, but what is the RH/Centos best practice for this scenario. I have a web root under control of user webmaster. In /etc/fstab ----------- snip ------ /var/www/dev /home/webmaster/www_dev none bind 0 0 --------- unsnip ------ ls -al /var/www/dev/ drwxr-xr-x 10 webmaster webmaster 4096 Jan 28 14:21 dev what I'd like to do is bind /usr/share/xxyy to /var/www/dev/xxyy under control ~webmaster. Is it as simple as /usr/share/xxyy /var/www/dev/xxyy none bind 0 0 do I have chown webmaster:webmaster /usr/share/xxyy ? -- Mark