> [on modern SunOS,] using the -F option will get the message saying > something like "user cannot open -F file <filename>" or something > similar (I forget exact message). > It refuses to work unless the user is root, or the filename is in > /etc/pwfiles as a full pathname. If the file does not exist, only > root can use the -F option. Kinda sad, because passwd -F is mildly useful, and it's really really easy to make it secure: just permanently throw away all elevated privilege as soon as the -F is noticed on the command line. Then proceed to run as normal. Actually, perhaps it should be throw away all privilege if the file given isn't in /etc/pwfiles. That gives the best of both worlds. der Mouse mouse@collatz.mcrcim.mcgill.edu