On Thursday 25 November 2004 12:13, Ed Wilts, RHCE wrote: > Don't spell the whole BOOBY word out - it's a funky man page display but > you will see the string BOOBY TRAPS there exactly as the original poster > documented. Cute: [root@dugong ~]# man hosts.allow | grep -E BO | xxd 0000000: 4208 424f 084f 4f08 4f42 0842 5908 5920 B.BO.OO.OB.BY.Y 0000010: 5408 5452 0852 4108 4150 0850 5308 530a T.TR.RA.AP.PS.S. [root@dugong ~]# I know how to get it left in a terminal window; the question for Arthur is whether this actually explains _his_ circumstances. I'm not convinced, but he may have done something.... -- Cheers John