> touch: /tmp/doex1256: Permission denied > chmod: /tmp/doex1256: No such file or directory Sounds like write permissions have been removed from /tmp try "ls -ld /tmp", it should look like: drwxrwxrwt 4 root root 1024 Dec 16 11:57 /tmp If not, man chmod If that fails, try "lsattr -d /tmp", it should look like: ------- /tmp If not, man chattr > /usr/lib/news/bin/news.daily: /tmp/doex1256: Permission denied > Could be the same thing > Server status: > No innd.pid file; did server die? Could also be the same thing -Mike [EMAIL PROTECTED] "the simple solution is not to do anything stupid as root."-Linus Torvalds - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]