On Wednesday April 27 2005 5:53 pm, Claude Jones wrote: > On Wednesday April 27 2005 5:24 pm, Erik Hemdal wrote: > --------------------snip-----------------------long explanation of two > files > > > Hope this helps. Write back for more, or contact me off list. Erik > > Hemdal > > Thank you very much, for your explanation, and your offer. I'm doing a lot > of reading now - these crises always serve to force-feed intense learning > curves. Thanks to Alexander also, and everyone else who responded. Things > are either working now, or can be made to work through workarounds. -- Just when I thought I had this under control, I find a new issue. Apparently, by logging in as single user, and setting a new password, I set a password with an extremely short time-to-live. I just tried to switch to root and I am being informed that my password has expired! I just reset it yesterday. So, what's the correct procedure, here? Log in as single user again, I guess, reset the password, then.... How do I make it last more than 24 hours? -- Claude Jones Bluemont, VA, USA