I would love to know how to take a user list from one computer and move it to another or more specifically, save the passwd file (obviously, the passwords themselves would not go with) like it were smb.conf or firewall scripts so I can reformat a hard drive and start over without recreating all the users etc. can I join the users/groups starting with 500 from an 'old' passwd file to a newly created one? Craig ----:----|----:----|----:----|----:----|----:----|----:----| - Craig White - PO Box 8634 - Scottsdale, Arizona - 85252 - e-mail address ................ - CraigWhite@AzApple.com - world wide web address ........ - http://www.AzApple.com - e-mail my pager address ....... - 6023779752@airtouch.net - cellular phone ................ - (602) 377-9752 - voice/facsimile ............... - (480) 945-8445 ----:----|----:----|----:----|----:----|----:----|----:----|