Thanks for the speedy reply: ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Stenner" <mstenner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > what version(s) of python you have installed, and also do this and see python-2.2.3-7 > what happens: python -c 'import ftplib' Traceback (most recent call last): File "<string>", line 1, in ? File "/usr/lib/python2.2/ftplib.py", line 46, in ? import socket File "/usr/lib/python2.2/socket.py", line 41, in ? from _socket import * ImportError: /lib/libssl.so.4: undefined symbol: krb5_cc_get_principal I'm quite comfortable with perl but python makes my eyes glaze (I guess I'll have to stab at it since so many installers are using it, but I sure see lots of python errors using them). Tom Browder