Eli Shemer wrote: > If I am to implement it, It'd better be automatic and transparent to the > user. I'm talking server side here. You might batch 'scp' (upload) and 'ssh' (run your desired commands). At the UNIX command line, something like: scp foo nyname@xxxxxxx;ssh -l myname bar.com "my-command" -- Tim Evans, TKEvans.com, Inc. | 5 Chestnut Court UNIX System Admin Consulting | Owings Mills, MD 21117 http://www.tkevans.com/ | 443-394-3864 http://www.come-here.com/News/ | tkevans@xxxxxxxxxxx