When I run a command like on v2.9.9p2 on Solaris 8: client> ssh server ... and immediately press CTRL-D, I get a shell prompt from the remote host, but I can't type into it and have to kill the ssh process on the client. Ed Ed Phillips <ed at udel.edu> University of Delaware (302) 831-6082 Systems Programmer III, Network and Systems Services finger -l ed at polycut.nss.udel.edu for PGP public key