Weird, since I can use my Admin pasword to log on to my Admin account. (Just the normal Admin account, not a super user account.) Yet when I try to use sudo, or othe apps that depend on its PW, like ShowVolumeFragmentation.app, it always rejects my password. Why? Can anyone help? Please? Mac Mini 1.42ghz 80gn 512mb Sys 10.4.9 -- "Beauty is power; a smile is its sword." -- Charles Reade