in /etc/passwd, can I have a home directory name that contains the space character? How could I specify in /etc/passwd? Prefixing the space with "\" didn't work. I think I needed to use something like \032 to do it... -- .~. Might, Courage, Vision. http://changmw.homeip.net / v \ Linux 2.4.30 /( _ )\ 9:31pm up 47 days 9:40 ^ ^ load average: 1.97 1.04 1.52 -- http://changmw.homeip.net