Hello All, This is OFF-TOPIC! It has nothing to do with Perl, unless someone has a Perl solution that is. If you are not into Unix and sysadmin stuff, please delete this and go on. I need help in coming up with a chmod command that will end up like this: -r-sr-xr-t I need to set the sticky bit for a printer interface file. Until then only root can print to a new printer. Thank you for your help, Elton ========================================================================= NOVA 505 W. Olive Ave. Suite 550 Elton Hughes (Information Technology) Sunnyvale CA 94086 Phone: 408-730-7235 Fax: 408-730-7643 -------------------------------------------------------------------------