> What is the output of 'ls -l /var/cvs/test.txt' ? > > Marko No, it doesn't exist. Oddly I have another user called "cfmaster" who can write files in there just fine: [cfmaster at watcher cvs]$ pwd /var/cvs [cfmaster at watcher cvs]$ touch test.txt [cfmaster at watcher cvs]$ id cfmaster uid=5101(cfmaster) gid=10001(cvsgrp) groups=10001(cvsgrp) [cfmaster at watcher cvs]$ ls -l test.txt -rw-r--r-- 1 cfmaster cvsgrp 0 Mar 4 13:24 test.txt