Sima, If you create items in crontab when you are logged on as root, those items will execute even when you change to a normal user. No problem. The only time I create an item in crontab for a nomral user is when that item needs to modify one of that user's files for some reason. Chuck -- The Moon is Waxing Crescent (3% of Full) Get my public key from website, http://www.mhonline.net/~chuckh
