OK ive hit up Mr. Bob McClure Jr. Linux Guru Extrodinarre :) I asked him specifically about Read Only and Write Only linux FTP directory configuration, and this is what the kind gentleman had to reply: "This is the standard setup for anonymous FTP. Say the FTP root is /var/ftp. There will be a /var/ftp/incoming which is write-only by the world. That's where the uploads go. There is also a /var/ftp/pub/ which is read-only to the world. That's where downloads are taken from. The FTP admin must review the uploads before transferring them to the pub directory to make them available for download." Sounds like this is very commonly the default setting for linux FTP servers such as vsftpd or pro_ftpd. Dizzie your site admin if you rent FTP or your man pages for your own linux FTP server will give you details on how these are tweaked or set :) Logan