Look at some of the environment variables that are set when root logs in. Look especially at $SHELL and $PATH. Type "alias" and see if any well-known programs are aliased. These would be set by files like /root/.profile . Bruce -- Bruce Perens K6BP Bruce@Pixar.com -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to debian-user-REQUEST@lists.debian.org . Trouble? e-mail to Bruce@Pixar.com