Hi, Brian My permissions are similar to yours: monetdb$ cd alm_dat_far/ monetdb/alm_dat_far$ ls -l | grep sql drwxrwx--- 3 monetdb monetdb 4096 feb 22 2014 sql_logs monetdb/alm_dat_far$ cd sql_logs/ monetdb/alm_dat_far/sql_logs$ ls -l total 4 drwxrwx--- 2 monetdb monetdb 4096 nov 10 16:11 sql monetdb/alm_dat_far/sql_logs$ cd sql/ monetdb/alm_dat_far/sql_logs/sql$ ls -l total 4 -rw--w---- 1 monetdb monetdb 25 nov 10 16:03 log -rw--w---- 1 monetdb monetdb 0 nov 10 16:03 log.1970324836974605 monetdb/alm_dat_far/sql_logs/sql$ Thank you. Juan Carlos Gastelum Hi Juan, Well i will show you how my directory structure looks permissions directory / file wise. [root at orville https://www.monetdb.org/mailman/listinfo/users-list threatmonitor]# cd threatmonitor/ [root at orville https://www.monetdb.org/mailman/listinfo/users-list threatmonitor]# ls -l | grep sql drwx------ 3 monetdb monetdb 72 Sep 9 02:07 sql_logs [root at orville https://www.monetdb.org/mailman/listinfo/users-list threatmonitor]# cd sql_logs/ [root at orville https://www.monetdb.org/mailman/listinfo/users-list sql_logs]# ls -l total 0 drwx------ 2 monetdb monetdb 96 Sep 12 20:11 sql [root at orville https://www.monetdb.org/mailman/listinfo/users-list sql_logs]# cd sql/ [root at orville https://www.monetdb.org/mailman/listinfo/users-list sql]# ls -l total 521 -rw------- 1 monetdb monetdb 11 Sep 12 20:11 log -rw------- 1 monetdb monetdb 524311 Sep 12 20:15 log.11 [root at orville https://www.monetdb.org/mailman/listinfo/users-list sql]# The sql_logs is 700 and the sql directory underneath is the same and the files are 600. Regards, Brian Hood