>>>>> "Michael" == Michael Fowler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Michael> In that snippet you're accessing the hash %_, when you should be accessing Michael> the hash reference in $_, like so: Michael> for ($PASS{$PASSWD_NAME}) { Michael> $new_user = $$_{user}; Michael> $new_pass = $$_{password}; Michael> $new_fname = $$_{fname}; Michael> $new_lname = $$_{lname}; Michael> } Or, to make it very clear that you're dereferencing: for ($PASS{$PASSWD_NAME}) { $new_user = $_->{user}; etc } -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <URL:http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/> Perl/Unix/security consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See PerlTraining.Stonehenge.com for onsite and open-enrollment Perl training! -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]