While poking around the system (SPARC Classic running SunOS 4.1.3_U1) looking for a lost file, I stumbled across a couple of files that looked interesting: -rw-rw-rw- 1 scott 20 May 19 14:12 /tmp/ttyselection -rw-rw-rw- 1 scott 74 May 19 14:12 /tmp/winselection Both happen to look like the cut buffers from a shelltool or commandtool window. Both contain text that look familiar in this regard. My problem with this is the file permissions. Readable and writeable to the world?! Even if I remove them and I do some cut-and-paste, they are recreated with the same modes. This is strange since my umask is set to 027! This means that whatever I cut and paste, even if it's to a "secure" file (read-write by me only), the whole world can read it! Is this an error in the installation of the ow? Or is this a bug in general? scott barman scott@disclosure.com DISCLAIMER: I will talk to anyone who will listen, but I only speak for myself.