Ok I just learned unix_chkpwd cannot be used the way I need it. This still begs the question if there is a different solution, or am I out of luck? Best regards -- Helge Bahmann <bahmann@math.tu-freiberg.de> /| \__ Network admin, systems programmer /_|____\ _/\ | __) $ ./configure \\ \|__/__| checking whether build environment is sane... yes \\/___/ | checking for AIX... no (we already did this) |