>>vlock may help you Thanks ALL for the help.. Now I have 2 solutions.. Vlock and screen.. Of the 2, Vlock is preferred mainly because it uses less keystrokes.. :) Cheers, .^. Mun Heng, Ow /V\ H/M Engineering /( )\ Western Digital M'sia ^^-^^ DID : 03-7870 5168 The Linux Advocate -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list