Hi, Now I cured the root problem (thanx to Steve Philp) I can now log in as root or su to root.......... but the problems just keep comin' :o( When I try to run linuxconf (or userconf for that matter) from /bin on the server via telnet I get the message "segmentation fault" . Hmmm. If I log in as root directly on the servermachine and try to run linuxconf the system "just" hangs and I have to drop to another shell for shutdown/reboot (killing the process is useless....) Anyone got any ideas /seen it/done it/been there?? -- Carsten