Others have tried to help with the shutdown thing - and I hate to nag in a moment of crisis. But could you turn off the html e-mail when you post to the list? I suspect the htmp is broken - at least it comes out as a real mess here. Glyn -- Debian Home http://www.debian.org Debian Planet http://www.debianplanet.org/ For the children http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-jr/ In a hurry??? http://qref.sourceforge.net/