Anyone know why 'mesg n' doesn't stop 'write' anymore on SL5.x? Faye -- --------------------------------------------------------- Faye Gibbins, Sys Admin. GeoS KB. Linux, Unix, Security Beekeeper - The Apiary Project, KB - www.bees.ed.ac.uk --------------------------------------------------------- (x(x_(X_x(O_o)x_x)_X)x) I grabbed at spannungsbogen before I knew I wanted it. Socrates: Question authority, question everything. Mermin: If the maths works "Shut up and calculate!" The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336.