bro, thanks again........ this is what I came up with. -- SuSE Linux 10.1 ~ Kernel 2.6.16.21-0.25-smp #1 ~ Kmail 1.9 ~ Registered Linux user: 412217 http://reillyblog.com 1:16am up 6 days 2:10, 2 users, load average: 0.41, 0.37, 0.32