I installed zope as user and continued to install pcgi. When I do make install, i get: flo@grooveway:/usr/local/dc/zope/pcgi$ make install ./install-sh -c -m 755 pcgi-wrapper /usr/local/bin/pcgi-wrapper2.0a5 cp: cannot create regular file `/usr/local/bin/#inst.929#': Permission denied chmod: getting attributes of `/usr/local/bin/#inst.929#': No such file or directory rm: cannot unlink `/usr/local/bin/pcgi-wrapper2.0a5': Permission denied mv: cannot stat `/usr/local/bin/#inst.929#': No such file or directory cp pcgi-wrapper /usr/local/bin cp: cannot create regular file `/usr/local/bin/pcgi-wrapper': Permission denied make: *** [bininstall] Error 1 Is it necessary to do this as root or is it possible to change the permissions in /usr/local/bin ? Isn't this dangerous to allow a user to write here? greetings, Florian