hi, a new programming tutorial is available on the LUPG site (http://www.actcom.co.il/~coo/lupg/) under the tutorials section - Accessing User Information On A Unix System. The exact URL is http://www.actcom.co.il/~choo/lupg/tutorials/user-info-api/user-info-api.html this tutorial explains the (mostly) standard API for checking the list of users defined on a system, the groups a user belngs to, who is currently logged in, etc. information there is somewhere around the 'intermediate' level. any comments or corrections are welcome. enjoy, guy ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]