We discovered the following at the top of the file-- =035, which isn't a control code, I don't think (an octal?). A continuation code? But we got rid of it, PUT the file from a different account, and it worked. I've heard from others who have had the same problem... random rejections of passwords while putting a series of files on the list. Maggi On Wed, 27 Apr 1994, Eric Thomas wrote: > The file must have a different authorization code then (unless there is > a file access exit producing the message). > > Eric >