Hi, Brian Yes, I can touch a file as the monetdb user inside the dbfarm: monetdb$ sudo -u monetdb touch test.txt monetdb$ ls -ltr total 1008 drwxrwx--- 5 monetdb monetdb 73728 nov 12 16:36 alm_dat_far -rw-r--r-- 1 monetdb monetdb 5 nov 12 16:38 merovingian.pid -rw--w---- 1 monetdb monetdb 945167 nov 12 16:38 merovingian.log -rw-r--r-- 1 monetdb monetdb 0 nov 12 21:46 test.txt monetdb$ cd alm_dat_far/ monetdb/alm_dat_far$ sudo -u monetdb touch test.txt monetdb/alm_dat_far$ ls -ltr total 12 drwxrwx--- 2 monetdb monetdb 4096 feb 22 2014 box drwxrwx--- 3 monetdb monetdb 4096 feb 22 2014 sql_logs ....... drwxrwx--- 67 monetdb monetdb 4096 nov 12 16:36 bat -rw------- 1 monetdb monetdb 0 nov 12 16:36 0426c998-9244-462e-9e6b-542d55ce46bd -rw-r--r-- 1 monetdb monetdb 0 nov 12 21:46 test.txt Thank you. Juan Carlos Gastelum Hi Juan, Can you even touch a file as the monetdb user inside your dbfarm is the question you need to answer in your environment. Regards, Brian Hood