Ray, Thanks for the information! I added a line in the Makefile for 'libs = -lcrypt' and everything compiled without error. A rather simple solution for a problem that was driving a simpleton (me) up the wall ;) Mike Merten -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-request@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org