I'm not sure this is the appropriate place to suggest it, but... what about ssh ssh-add's -c flag, which enables it to get the input from stdin? -- Daniel C. Sobral (8-DCS) dcs at newsguy.com dcs at freebsd.org capo at tutti.capi.bsdconspiracy.org "I agree whole heartily! Who am I to disagree with a wacko like you?"