seem some stuff on metalink about this. It is a 'bug'. there were some instructions to chmod the directories etc.. Will try and did out the note On 10/11/05, Johnson, George <GJohnson@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > > We are setting up 10g and testing upgrades from our 9i databases. > One of the strange quirks I have noticed is that the default permissions > on > the 10g software are a lot tighter than previous versions. >