i appreciate the help, but am just a little irritated. sorry...

we are going to use SMS to push the script and we avoid the user permission altogether.
in response to your question about normal user having access to a file has somehow missed its mark. If you look from a broader pespective of an Operating System (OS), users don't have to have visible 'access' to a file or folder in order for the OS to use the required resource.

I am sorry if this thread has gone astray...I was really just hoping to know if there was a possible solution to the challenge...etc...etc...etc.
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John
LM Contractor
One of the 2 dads