override rw-r--r-- www/admin for 1image.jpg? #### use Image::Grab; $url = "http://wherever/you/snatch/your/image/from.jpg" $pic->url($url); $file = "/Library/WebServer/Documents/gcdata/".$id."image.jpg"; open(IMAGE, ">$image") || die "Can't open $image: $!"; print IMAGE $pic->image; close IMAGE;