>problem solved. My powerbook G4 crashed and set the >date back to 1970. This date was causing the problem. >Not sure why the computer crash changed the date to >1970.
This is the start of time under Unix (aka Unix epoch) the system clock basically counts the seconds from 01/01/1970 to calculate the current day, date and time. Under the old MacOS time started at 01/01/1904 (aka Mac epoch), a date frequently seen by powerbook users who didn't manage to connect their box up to the mains after getting the "You have 10 seconds to comply" warning on the failing battery power supply. So basically the crash wiped out your system prefs relative to date and time and the default date and time for Unix systems is the Unix epoch. HTH Robin
