Hello Syslog messages include this one pam_timestamp_check: pam_timestamp: `/var/' permissions are lax My /var is the default: drwxrwxr-x 20 root root 4.1kB Apr 24 01:14 var How can this be fixed? 'others' need to aceess var too ( postfix, named.. ) Should a var group be created which will include all users that need to write to var? I think all users need to read var ( spool/mail ) -- Marius Andreiana SoluÅii informatice bazate pe Linux / Linux-based IT solutions www.galuna.ro