Tim: >> That's what "su" is for, surely? "su" to become root, "sudo" to >> pretend to be root. Craig White: > I don't know, I su to other users (not root) sometimes. Well, I was being lazy. "su" to *become* another user - root, in *that* conversation. -- [tim@bigblack ~]$ uname -ipr 2.6.23.12-52.fc7 i686 i386 Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists.