Aaron Konstam: >> The problem as I see it is to generate passwds automatically. There used >> to be a program mkpasswd that did that but I can't find that now. > Well I spoke to soon. mkpasswd is part of the expect package and it > generates passwds that will make your script much simpler. Does it do the same job as crypt? (Giving you the encrypted password for the plain text one that you supply.) -- (This box runs FC6, my others run FC4 & FC5, 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.