http://www.arlut.utexas.edu/~broccol/gash2/ This looks like it could be VERY handy for managing large networks where different admins would have authority over ranges of UID's or GID's and not have to pester the central admin every time they need to modify a mail alias for one of their people. Works with NIS, NIS+, LDAP, etc. George Bonser The Linux "We're never going out of business" sale at an FTP site near you!