Erik van der Meulen wrote: > Feb 21 01:06:30 souterrain inetd[3638]: getpwnam: root: No such user > Feb 21 00:45:02 souterrain inetd[159]: /usr/sbin/tcpd: exit status 0x1 > Feb 21 00:45:02 souterrain inetd[1240]: getpwnam: backup: No such user That's trying to look up users in your /etc/passwd file. getpwnam for root failing is very strange, I suggest you make sure your /etc/passwd is not messed up. -- see shy jo