A user reports that autoconf under FreeBSD raises errors like this when running ./configure. (this is the sh -x output) + /bin/sh ./config.status creating Makefile mv: Makefile: set owner/group (was: 1000/0): Operation not permitted creating doc/Makefile mv: doc/Makefile: set owner/group (was: 1000/0): Operation not permitted creating src/Makefile mv: src/Makefile: set owner/group (was: 1000/0): Operation not permitted creating src/config.h mv: src/config.h: set owner/group (was: 1000/0): Operation not permitted ... sh -x ./config.status s,@INSTALL@,/usr/bin/install -c,;t t Makefile.in + eval sed -f /tmp/csq46308/subs-1.sed | sed -f /tmp/csq46308/subs-2.sed + sed -f /tmp/csq46308/subs-1.sed + sed -f /tmp/csq46308/subs-2.sed + rm -f /tmp/csq46308/stdin + test xMakefile != x- + mv /tmp/csq46308/out Makefile mv: Makefile: set owner/group (was: 1000/0): Operation not permitted Any ideas? Mo DeJong Red Hat Inc