Again we have been 'zapped', fortunately Eric's code is quite sturdy. I have installed 9012 and it seems to be working. In my ignorance I must ask, WHY would the nodes file contain duplicate names for a node, I thought that was what 'aliases' were for ?? R N Hathhorn, VM Systems Support | Portland Community College Computer Services Department | P. O. Box 19000 Sylvania Campus: CCB27c | 12000 S. W. 49th Ave. (503) 244-6111 ext. 4705 | Portland Oregon 97219