On Wed, 19 Aug 1998, Michael Beattie wrote: > Okay, true, but it was more of a feasability question, "if you can get the > string, is it possible to use the following method to decrypt it??" Sure ... the login program has to decrypt it, doesn't it? You can cut/paste passwd entries between linux systems ... the encrypted password is not system-specific. George Bonser The Linux "We're never going out of business" sale at an FTP site near you!