Hi, in the adduser script dummy variables are used in line 705/706 (sub existing_user_ok) and 734/735 (sub existing_group_ok). You can use the keyword undef for that. E.g.: - my ($dummy1,$dummy2,$uid); - if (($dummy1,$dummy2,$uid) = getpwnam($new_name)) { + my ($uid); + if ((undef,undef,$uid) = getpwnam($new_name)) { cheers P.S.: You have a spam problem on your mailing list. :(