In article <1876 at draken.nada.kth.se> larss at nada.kth.se (Lars Schylberg) writes: >I'm looking for a c-routine under UNIX environment that >could give the real name of the user [...] Try getpwent(). Available in a <pwd.h> near you. --Blair "Ya wanna grab a six of Diet Coke while yer there?"