I'm still working on my first "real" Ruby program... I'd like to use require 'etc', but not on the /etc/passwd file, but on one I supply. Can this be done? The ext/etc/etc.txt file says: getpwnam(name) searches in /etc/passwd file (or equivalent database), although I'm simply using Etc.passwd to iterate over all passwd entries. thanks, todd -- "This UI has been brought to you by the letters 'S' and 'K', and the runlevel 3." - Greg Andrews