Yes you are right. You need to do a chgrp or chown on the directory where the tables are located. Did you run the mysql_install_db script in the /scripts directory? Are you compiling mysql to run as the mysql user? ( --with-mysqld-user=mysql ) Is mysql a valid user in the passwd file? Answering these questions, hope will help you :) Daniel BI PS.the chgrp/chwon command works fine with me -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]