This is differant. I couldn't drag and drop a file to the floppy so I ls -l that file (1) Well the permissions were (help me out here) 311 So I was thinking that since I'm the owner and have write permessions and I should be able to drag -n-drop to the floppy drive. But it wasn't until I had changed the permissions to 700 (adding the execute bit) (2) that I was able to drag-n-drop. Why is that? It would seem that that I would nead write permissions rather than execute. Is it perhaps because this is a device and to make it run you need execute permissions and you would need write to allow data to transfer from the computer to the device? If that is the case could this possibly be why some printers don't work? -- <:-)Mike(-:> 1- -rw-r--r-- 1 bmike1 bmike1 103 2004-05-20 16:36 Floppy 2- -rwx------ 1 bmike1 bmike1 103 2004-05-20 16:36 Floppy This message has been scanned for viruses by the VEI Internet Automatic Email Spam and Virus Scanner, and is believed to be free of spam or viruses. Please report spam to spamtrap@vei.net. If you would like 98.9 % spam blocked from your E-mail then go to VEI Internet for details. Anti-spam/Anti-virus is FREE with every account. http://www.vei.net/ mailtospamtrap@vei.net --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss