>> We never more can edit our VMUSERS DIRECT > That is correct, Sergio.
But "never" is a strong word. I believe you can "reprime" the DirMaint pump by copying a USER DIRECT file to USER INPUT on the (I believe it is) DIRMAINT 1DF disk. Then when DirMaint is started again, it loads that new directory. I agree Rich, in general you don't do that with DirMaint, but you can in a pinch. There have been times that I've gotten DirMaint royally mucked up so I can't delete a user ID. I did a DIRM USER WIHTPASS, pulled the file from the reader, changed a couple of settings, copied it as USER INPUT and started fresh. Not recommended, I know, but sometimes a useful tool. ================================ P.S. I see Dave Jones posted another method as I was putting this reply together. That makes it look even easier. Just one question - using that model, if DirMaint is restarted, will it have the correct USER DIRECT file/directory? "Mike MacIsaac" <mike...@us.ibm.com> (845) 433-7061