Actually, this is a better workaround: --- openssh-2.5.2p2-orig/sshpty.c Sun Mar 4 19:53:03 2001 +++ openssh-2.5.2p2/sshpty.c Thu Apr 5 19:41:55 2001 @@ -296,6 +296,10 @@ gid_t gid; mode_t mode; struct stat st; + char *dex; + + if ((dex = index(ttyname, ' ')) != NULL) + *dex = 0; /* Determine the group to make the owner of the tty. */ grp = getgrnam("tty"); ====-- Au __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/