PLUG, I understand that unsigned shorts are used for UIDs in Linux. Please let me know if you know of a Linux (not FreeBSD or Solaris) or any work going on to use ints or unsigned ints for UIDS. I'll summarize to the list. Thanks, Mark -- This message is from the Purdue Linux Users' Group (PLUG) mailing list. Send mail server commands to <plug-request@csociety.purdue.edu>.