In article <1994Aug16.151411.28129@miavx1>, [log in to unmask] (John B Harlan) writes: > (useful directions deleted) I also had to add one more step, and that was to add world read and execute privs to my sys$login directory. $ set def sys$login $ cd .. $ set prot = (world:re) rskaelber.dir ^^^^^^^^^ replace this with your userid And I was in business! Just remember, if you have any things in your sys$login directory you would regard as private, be sure to revoke all world permissions to them, otherwise anyone who is on the vax could look into these files. -- ############################################################################### # "I'm old enough not to care too much | Randy Kaelber (H.R.H. King Lerxst II) about what you think of me, but I'm | Systems Analysis/Psychology young enough to remember the future, | Miami University, Oxford, Ohio the way things ought to be." -- "Cut to the Chase"