I just ran into some odd behavior with fsimport that may explain the problem that Milos posted last week. On my Linux box, if fsdir == '/fred/barney', then fred as well as barney must be world-readable. If not, you get the error traceback Milos reported in his March 14 posting. Wade Leftwich Okay Network Services, Ithaca NY tel 607-277-1334 fax 607-272-3612