I am running redhat in a small network. Everytime I telnet to the work station, the login program making about 200 tcp connections to ypbind. Is this the way it works. Lou -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-FAQ /RedHat-Errata /RedHat-Tips /mailing-lists To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.