Hi > > You need to use the '-m' option to useradd. > I tried that and it still complained that it did not have permission to create .gnome and .gnome2 I can't see what the problem is as the permissions seem right. -- John Willby Registered Linux user number 321644 ICQ: 92791912 MSN: sillydilly@spamcop.net Cum catapultae proscriptae erunt tum soli proscripti catapultas habebunt 23:43:37 up 1 day, 3:16, 1 user, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00