have an Expect-style chat with it, according to the passwd chat string. The chat string is correct, assuming passwd runs as root (which the documentation for "unix password sync" tells us it will). The problem? passwd is never run. Even with passwd chat debug on and log level turned up to 100, we see no messages in any logs that any attempt to call passwd is made. So, it seems to us like this option does absolutely nothing. If anyone can give us any advice on either one of these, it would really help us out. We have been struggling with this for too long and it does not seem to work at all. Thank you, Evan Leon Systems Administrator Nickelodeon Online 770 Broadway, 10th Floor New York, NY 10003 (212)654-9444