On Mon, 2007-06-25 at 06:27 -0700, Ashley Pritchard wrote: > thank you Andreas Bernauer for your response. > I tried your suggestion this morning this is the result: > [awp@localhost ~]$ xhost +localhost > localhost being added to access control list > [awp@localhost ~]$ su root > Password: Not sure if this fixes it, but above is your problem. Your running just "su" instead of "su -" (include the space then dash after the su letters), such as below.. [mike@scrappy ~]$ su - Password: [root@scrappy ~]# Your not getting root's permissions/path when you use just su. See if that works, -- Mike Chambers Madisonville, KY "Best little town on Earth!"