In article <3C2AF638.13154.52596B4 at localhost>, "Bill Tangren" <bjt at aa.usno.navy.mil> wrote; } I see that /var/lib/news/tmp is owned by news:news, but } there is no file 'doex16336' within it. Does anyone have a } clue what might be going on? Have you examined the permission of intermediate directories? -- Katsuhiro Kondou