In RH 7.3 there was a variable $REMOTE when you accessed a machine remotely. Well that does not happen any more. There used to be a shell command that would detect this but I have lost this from my memory . Can anyone refresh my memory. -- ------------------------------------------- Aaron Konstam Computer Science Trinity University 715 Stadium Dr. San Antonio, TX 78212-7200 telephone: (210)-999-7484 email:akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxx -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list