Seth, Random thought.... Is there...can there be a failover URL for each repository? As in try this URL first, if that fails try this one. Assuming that both would point to identical trees. Jack -- Jack Neely <slack@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Linux Realm Kit Administration and Development PAMS Computer Operations at NC State University GPG Fingerprint: 1917 5AC1 E828 9337 7AA4 EA6B 213B 765F 3B6A 5B89