Les: >> An old joke is to put a .login file with the command "logoout". check >> it someone is practical joking. Edward: > Don't quite understanding your means ! There's a user file called ".login" which is run as the user logs in. If you put the "logout" (not logoout) command into that file, it'll immediately log them out. -- (This PC runs FC4, my others FC5 & FC6, in case that's important to the thread) Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists.