sorry for off-topic, but I've been banging my head trying to set up shell scripts that can be executed but not read by a user.
Basically, for test.sh : #!/usr/bin/bash echo hullo! *** [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~]$ chmod 111 test.sh [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~]$ ./test.sh ./test.sh: ./test.sh: Permission denied note: I'm in front of a solaris box at the moment, so I may be misremembering the bash path. thanks, rick -- When Gladstone was British Prime Minister he visited Michael Faraday's laboratory and asked if some esoteric substance called `Electricity' would ever have practical significance. "One day, sir, you will tax it," was the answer. -- Science, 1994