List Seems my root passwd has been corrupted or changed somehow. Is there away I can get to it in the shadow to fixit or change it. Using Caldera 3.1.1 for now. Soon this will be moved to gentoo. cheers -- Rick Sivernell Dallas, Texas 75287 972 306-2296 res005ru at gte.net Caldera Open Linux eWorkStation 3.1.1 Registered Linux User .~. / v \ /( _ )\ ^ ^ In Linux we trust!