Nokia770-51:~# ll /var/log/wtmp -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 15105024 Apr 3 18:20 /var/log/wtmp it's still 15Megs after one week of (mis)use. Did I did something wrong? Do you think it is safe to echo ">/var/log/wtmp ? -- Alessandro Pasotti w3 www.itopen.it Linux User #167502