Can I ask why you are trying to write a script that from what I understand goes to each box to retrieve the data instead of pushing the data to the central db? You could write a little script in PHP that gathers the required information and then does an insert into your database. Then from the database you can create a webpage that is a view of all of your machines. On the local machine you can schedule your script to run every X minutes via crontab. If I misread your email and headed down the wrong path please let me know. Nate Tobik (412)661-5700 x206 VigilantMinds <snip...> -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php