Hi, Well, apart from fax/ppp, there is also named (which is why I started all this in the first place), which can do tons of syslog based logging (with custom facilities and all). manoj -- Stay out of the road, if you want to grow old. Pink Floyd Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> <http://www.datasync.com/%7Esrivasta/> Key C7261095 fingerprint = CB D9 F4 12 68 07 E4 05 CC 2D 27 12 1D F5 E8 6E