When I use vi as root, it works as expected, but when I use is as myself, rjw, I get: $ vi a_msg vi: xterm-debian: unknown terminal type $ It doesn't work with "export TWRM=vt100" or "export TERM=xterm" either. Where have I gone wrong? -- ----------------------------------------- Ralph Winslow rjw@nac.net The IQ of the group is that of the member whose IQ is lowest divided by the number of members.