Anacron isn't for everyone. I for one hate my system slowing to a crawl 10 minutes after I log in. Normally my machines are up 24hrs a day, but sometimes I switch them off. Cheers Adrian (worried about anacron becoming standard) email: adrian.bridgett@zetnet.co.uk, http://www.poboxes.com/adrian.bridgett Windows NT - Unix in beta-testing. PGP key available on public key servers Avoid tiresome goat sacrifices -=- use Debian Linux http://www.debian.org