simple unix trix. when you boot into single user mode, you have root privileges, so you can run 'passwd' to reset any user's password on the system. some folks feel that booting into single user mode should be disabled, but every so often it comes in handy. and if someone has access to your box, for that long, and would do this - you're fsck'd anyway. --alan On Thursday, January 23, 2003, at 12:02 AM, Thubten Kunga wrote: > and neither has that simple fix in them