On Saturday, March 10, 2012 01:45:19 PM Robert Spangler wrote: > drwxrwxrwx 7 root root 4096 Mar 10 13:35 temp ... > temp $ lt 208* > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 137 Oct 30 02:16 208-109-248-33-mv > > How is this possible? If it is possible what am I missing or not > understanding? Thnx. You have write permissions to the directory; renaming a file needs write on the directory, not on the file.