I must be overlooking something simple when attempting to use remsh (I have the latest from jazz now). Any adivice on what I might be doing wrong would be welcome. To prove that I have not lost my mind (or at least it hasn't gotten very far) the following is a snip from my MPE and UNIX screens. Node names have been changed to protect the guilty. Notice that ftp can find the unix system by name, but remsh cannot. I'v included a sump of the .rhosts file on the HP-UX box for validation. [MPE]/SYSTEM/PUB: remsh -l guy unix ls remsh: Unknown host [MPE]/SYSTEM/PUB: ftp unix File Transfer Protocol [A0007000] (C) Hewlett-Packard Co. 1990 220 spirit FTP server (Version 1.7.194.2 Wed Sep 8 17:23:04 GMT 1993) ready. Connected to unix.dom.org (xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx). (FTPINFO 40) Name(manager): guy 331 Password required for guy. Password: 230 User guy logged in. Remote system type is UNIX. ftp> quit 221 Goodbye. [MPE]/SYSTEM/PUB: <Resuming connection 'unix'> [unix]/usr/staff/guy: more .rhosts mpe.dom.org MANAGER.SYSTEM mpe.dom.org MANAGER.SYS MPE.DOM.ORG MANAGER.SYSTEM MPE MANAGER.SYSTEM [unix]/usr/staff/guy: ======================================================================= Guy Smith Voice: 804-527-4000 ext 6664 Circuit City Stores, Inc. FAX: 804-527-4008 9950 Mayland Drive E-Mail: [log in to unmask] Richmond, VA 23233-1464 Private E-Mail: [log in to unmask] The thoughts expressed herein are mine and do not reflect those of my employer, or anyone with common sense.