during 'make install' Making install in unixauth make[1]: Entering directory `/disk2/users/nntpcache-2.4.0b2/unixauth' /bin/sh ../mkinstalldirs /usr/local/libexec /opt/imake/bin/install -c unixauth /usr/local/libexec/unixauth /usr/local/bin/make install-exec-hook make[2]: Entering directory `/disk2/users/nntpcache-2.4.0b2/unixauth' chown root.news /usr/local/libexec/unixauth chown: unknown user id root.news make[2]: *** [install-exec-hook] Error 4 system is HP-UX. chown needs a ':' e.g. chown root:news ... better to split into 'chown uid' and 'chgrp gid' ... btw. this is our first '/usr/local/libexec' directory, never seen this before ... regards from Austria mit freundlichen Gruessen Christian Krackowizer +-----------------------------------------------------------------+ | Krackowizer Christian mailto:kra1@technodat.co.at | | schuler technodat gesmbh Phone: ++43-(0)662-2282-0 | | Jakob-Haringer-Strasse 6 FAX: ++43-(0)662-2282-9 | | A-5020 Salzburg / Austria http://www.technodat.co.at/ | +-----------------------------------------------------------------+