Thanks to all who responded. I now have ssh up and running. And I clearly need to learn more about apt-get and friends. :-)
Two additional items: one question and one apology. The question is: Are the non-USA and non-free packages on the CDs or do I have to use the internet sites? [Not a huge problem; I only have a 56K connection, but I was quite impressed with the speed of the download and processing.] Also, several of you sent me email along the lines of: >(Also, please don't post in HTML ...) I wasn't aware that I was and I'm not too sure how I turn it off. [I am currently running Eudora 4.0 on a Windows box. And this is just another good reason to get off Windows. :-) ] Sometimes it asks me if I want to send formatted text and sometimes it doesn't. My apologies. [Please let me know if this shows up in HTML.] andy Andy Davidson --- Pheon Research If you know what you're doing, you're not learning anything.