ok, I gotta concede here... if I run the script, for every rsync entry it asks me for password: I give it ...continues on if I run that same script entry from the shell prompt, i.e. : rsync -ropgl /home* $DEST(giving the exact same destination):/home/ it takes it w/out a hitch. all the permissions look ok root owner root group owner can read/write group can read others can read executable by everyone bout all the info I can give y'all thx jr
