On Mon, 20 Jun 2005 13:58:11 +0200
"Schwerzmann, Stephan" <stephan.schwerzmann@schmid-telecom.ch> wrote:

>   I'd like to hear about approaches other people (would) use - thanks

Can you set the uid/gid and permission bits when the software is
installed on to the target system from your distribution media? This
would require being root anyway.
-- 
Michael Smith
Network Applications
www.netapps.com.au   | +61 (0) 416 062 898
Web Hosting          | Internet Services