On Fri, Apr 27, 2001 at 10:25:35AM +0900, Tom Holroyd wrote: > root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/sh > fred:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/sh > joe:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/sh > frank:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/sh not all systems support this. some systems hash the passwd database by uid. -m