diff --git a/checkin_notes b/checkin_notes
index 649490b36f..223278cece 100755
--- a/checkin_notes
+++ b/checkin_notes
@@ -8737,7 +8737,7 @@ Rom    13 Aug 2006
     lib/
         diagnostics_win.C
 
-David  11 Aug 2006
+David  13 Aug 2006
     - User web: multi-column option for displaying venue-specific prefs
     - User web: value-checking on prefs
     (from Christian Beer)
@@ -8764,3 +8764,18 @@ David  11 Aug 2006
             prefs_edit_form.php (removed)
             prefs_remove.php
             white.css
+
+David  14 Aug 2006
+    - GUI RPC: added new RPCs
+        get_global_prefs_override_struct(GLOBAL_PREFS&) and
+        set_global_prefs_override_struct(GLOBAL_PREFS&)
+
+        Note: these are useful only when ALL prefs are being
+        specified in the override file,
+        as there's no provision for "undefined" values in the structs.
+
+    html/inc/
+        util.inc
+    lib/
+        gui_rpc_client.h
+        gui_rpc_client_ops.C
diff --git a/doc/groups.php b/doc/groups.php
index ead9e78e08..bc0ef59d28 100644
--- a/doc/groups.php
+++ b/doc/groups.php
@@ -25,11 +25,11 @@ won't be able to delete the files there.
 <p>
 Edit /etc/group so that apache belongs to group boinc, i.e. the line:
 <pre>
-    boinc:x:566:
+boinc:x:566:
 </pre>
 becomes:
 <pre>
-    boinc:x:566:apache
+boinc:x:566:apache
 </pre>
 (Apache will need to be stopped/restarted for this to take effect.)
 <p>
@@ -39,10 +39,22 @@ the critical directories are owned by boincadm
 and have the set-GID bit set;
 this means that any directories or files created by apache
 in those directories will have group boinc (not group apache).
-Also, the BOINC software makes all directories group read/write.
+The BOINC software makes all directories group read/write.
 Thus, both apache and boinc will have read/write access to
 all directories and files,
 but other users will have no access.
+<p>
+On an existing project, do:
+<pre>
+chmod 02770 upload
+chmod 02770 html/cache
+chmod 02770 html/inc
+chmod 02770 html/languages
+chmod 02770 html/languages/compiled
+chmod 02770 html/user_profiles
+</pre>
+You may also need to change the ownership of these directories
+and all their subdirectories to boincadm/boinc.
 
 <p>
 If you're running several projects on the same server and
diff --git a/html/inc/util.inc b/html/inc/util.inc
index 17fa081557..c5e588fbcb 100644
--- a/html/inc/util.inc
+++ b/html/inc/util.inc
@@ -588,6 +588,7 @@ function link_with_GET_variables($text, $baseurl, $variable_name, $variable_valu
 // @param double $low the lowest number of value if verified
 // @param double $high the highest number of value if verified
 // @return bool true if $value is numeric and within the defined borders, false if $value is not numeric, no changes were made in this case
+//
 function verify_numeric(&$value, $low, $high = false) {
     $number = trim($value);
     $number = str_replace('o', '0', $number);
diff --git a/lib/gui_rpc_client.h b/lib/gui_rpc_client.h
index f7d1a95065..ef8e62b8ae 100644
--- a/lib/gui_rpc_client.h
+++ b/lib/gui_rpc_client.h
@@ -619,6 +619,8 @@ public:
     int get_cc_status(CC_STATUS&);
     int get_global_prefs_override(std::string&);
     int set_global_prefs_override(std::string&);
+    int get_global_prefs_override_struct(GLOBAL_PREFS&);
+    int set_global_prefs_override_struct(GLOBAL_PREFS&);
 };
 
 struct RPC {
diff --git a/lib/gui_rpc_client_ops.C b/lib/gui_rpc_client_ops.C
index fd7d02ca67..b0f0eb0c45 100644
--- a/lib/gui_rpc_client_ops.C
+++ b/lib/gui_rpc_client_ops.C
@@ -2006,4 +2006,30 @@ int RPC_CLIENT::set_global_prefs_override(string& s) {
     return retval;
 }
 
+int RPC_CLIENT::get_global_prefs_override_struct(GLOBAL_PREFS& prefs) {
+    int retval;
+    string s;
+    MIOFILE mf;
+    char buf[64000];
+    bool found_venue;
+
+    retval = get_global_prefs_override(s);
+    if (retval) return retval;
+    strcpy(buf, s.c_str());
+    mf.init_buf(buf);
+    prefs.parse(mf, "", found_venue);
+    return 0;
+}
+
+int RPC_CLIENT::set_global_prefs_override_struct(GLOBAL_PREFS& prefs) {
+    char buf[64000];
+    MIOFILE mf;
+    string s;
+
+    mf.init_buf(buf);
+    prefs.write(mf);
+    s = buf;
+    return set_global_prefs_override(s);
+}
+
 const char *BOINC_RCSID_90e8b8d168="$Id$";