Perhaps I should mention that this system runs RH 7.3. Could it be some sort of update daemon? ++ kevin -- Kevin O'Gorman, PhD (805) 650-6274 mailto:kevin at kosmanor.com Permanent e-mail forwarder: mailto:Kevin.O'Gorman.64 at Alum.Dartmouth.org Permanent e-mail forwarder mailto:kogorman at umail.ucsb.edu Web: http://kosmanor.com/~kevin/index.html