assigned to a different group, and have a different umask applied. The permissions are correct when umask is applied, but my question is why, by default, the partitions formatted NTFS are given a different umask and gid? Thanks for your time. Troy -- Website of the week: http://www.ubuntu.com/ The Free Alternative to M$ Office: http://www.openoffice.org My Blog: http://troythetechguy.blogspot.com