Nope this doesn't help. I've tried both 444 and 644 for Alex.html and vice versa: 444 and 644 for the .php and .xml files. On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 4:52 PM, Rob Del Vecchio <rob.delvecchio at gmail.com> wrote: >> # ls -al Alex.html index.php hello-world.php >> -r--r--r-- 1 root root 599 Sep 29 15:49 Alex.html >> -rw-r--r-- 1 afarber afarber 33 Jul 29 11:32 hello-world.php >> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5631 Jun 27 09:38 index.php > Why is Alex.html only readable and the php files readable *and* writable? > Did you try making the php files *only readable* and see what happens?