I guess it is quite common that /usr/src/linux is owned by root and mode u=rwX,go=rX. For me it is also desirable that any unprivileged user can view the kernel configuration by calling *config. This basically works but viewing the description/help for a configuration option fails with menuconfig. Tom -- T h o m a s Z e h e t b a u e r ( TZ251 ) PGP encrypted mail preferred - KeyID 96FFCB89 mail pgp-key-request@hostmaster.org Error reading FAT record: Try the SKINNY one? (Y/N)