Hi >> please help understand what this means and how can folder be set to permissions like below: >> >> drwxrwsr-x 2 user1 www-pub 4096 2011-10-02 05:34 data_folder > ---- > chmod 2775 data_folder > chown user1:www-pub data_folder You may need to use sudo if you do not have the necessary permission to do so, eg. if user1 is root. -- Regards Koh Choon Lin