Odd. Didn't notice a partial send when I was composing it. [SIGH] Anyway, I've just discovered that all apps I've recently compiled from srpms are failing to auth md5 passwds, but all that were downloaded as binary rpms are working. I don't see why that should make a difference, but it is. Any ideas are most welcome. This means that incoming ssh is also broken, so I've become quite eager to solve it.... Thanks. -JimC