file permissions for HILIS4 fastcgi process: .aspell.$ctr.temp 644 www-data:staff (temporary file for new words pending merge with .pws) .aspell.$ctr.pws 644 www-data:staff (personal dictionary) .aspell.en.prepl 644 www-data:staff (stores replacement pairs when you tell aspell to learn from mistakes - not used) en-medical.rws 644 root:root (just needs to be readable) # to create master/extra-dict (needs to be done in situ - 32bit & 64bit not cross-compatible): # in static/speller/dicts aspell --lang=en create master ./en-medical.rws < ./src/en-medical-sorted.txt