Andre writes: > How can "etc/ppp/ip-up.d/zzdone" know which user started "pon"? The pppd > process is owned by root... Pppd knows who started it. From the man page: The environment vari ables that pppd sets are: ... PPPLOGNAME The username of the real user-id that invoked pppd. This is always set. -- John Hasler john@dhh.gt.org Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, Wisconsin