make sure the shell you are using is listed in /etc/shells. for some strange reason /etc/shells doesn't include /bin/tcsh. as for root, remote root access is disabled by default. --alex-- -- | I believe the moment is at hand when, by a paranoiac and active | | advance of the mind, it will be possible (simultaneously with | | automatism and other passive states) to systematize confusion | | and thus to help to discredit completely the world of reality. |