> Or could be set to log out ( a little more difficult since it would have > to tell the shell to log out and couldn't be a program ) or to change > the keyboard config ( I'm still trying to automate this in the command > line ). control-d is logout, in xterms and pc consoles (under bash, and many other line-reading environments). it sends an EOF character. Carl Soderstrom -- Network Engineer Real-Time Enterprises (952) 943-8700