First, on the subject of my email line lengths...using Outlook here. Micros~1 has deemed it inappropiate for the user to be able to set a hard character wrap. Since my workstation is Windoze, and our Exchange host appears to only allow Outlook client communication (vs. IMAP, SMTP and OWA) I'm stuck with using it for now.
I want to thank each of you for making some excellent suggestions. I was unable to recreate or examine the exact sequence of events. One thing I failed to mention was that I was using the Gnome Users and Groups GUI to do the work! :) I think this is why I was not seeing the logging information many suggested looking at. However: % diff /etc/password.OLD /etc/passwd showed that my original install vs. the current file only contained the application and logon users I had created since bringing the box online. I have concluded that what I may have seen was a "refresh" of the GUI. Though I swear I think I hit delete. Many thanks again. I learned a lot about some of the many hidden corners of information that Linux provides the novice admin. Warmest Regards, Tim -- /** * Timothy Stone . Sun Certified Java Programmer * Web Master . tstone at cityofhbg dot com * City of Harrisburg . 717.255.7297 * Pennsylvania USA . 717.903.9162 * * "Censorship always defeats its own purpose, * for it creates in the end the kind of society * that is incapable of exercising real discretion." * --Henry Steele Commager, Historian */ -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
