hiho, there's a minor problem with openssh and man. here's a log: [root at server /root]# man <any manpage> gunzip: stdout: Broken pipe gunzip: stdout: Broken pipe ... grotty:<standard input>:13442:fatal error: output error [root at server /root]# the manpage itself is correct. i'm using: redhat 6.2 man-1.5h1 openssh-2.3.0p1 before openssh i used ssh2-2.3.0 without having this little problem. i tried openssh with and without pty terms. i've got the same results. ciao -ap Andreas Piesk a.piesk at gmx.net PGP: 23CB A7E2 2E53 373C DBCD 8EFC 7777 61C1