Apologies -- the problem is trivial: postinstall for libc6 upgrades should restart ssh, or instruct the user to do so. After restarting ssh everything is hunky dorey. -- __________________________________________________________ Sign-up for your own personalized E-mail at Mail.com http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup CareerBuilder.com has over 400,000 jobs. Be smarter about your job search http://corp.mail.com/careers