Hi there, I've been trying to get rsync working from Unix to NT via ssh in a script file, and after discovering that the NT version of sshd refuses to log you on without entering the NT domain password, I figured the only way around this was to add a "-oPassword" option to the ssh client. I've now done this and it works nicely. Obviously, it's not secure if someone on the box is able to do a ps listing, but in this case, if someone unscrupulous is on the box for which this has been written, we have a problem anyway :-) I understand that mysql with the -p option actually somehow removes the text from the cmdline string. I'm not sure if this is done simply by overwriting argv[0], but I'll look into it. Anyway, if you want a diff, gimme a shout. Cheers, Giles