Hello Reiner Hutsch, I know of none of the details, but I have heard of an intrinsic called 'aifchangelogon'. Hope this helps. Regards, James Hofmeister [log in to unmask] Hewlett Packard Worldwide Technology Network Expert Center P.S. My Ideals are my own, not necessarily my employers. Reiner Hutsch ([log in to unmask]) wrote: : Hi all, : i have the following question: : i have a background process on our HP3000 running, which serves as a : listener on a sockets connection. : PC processes connect to the listener process which in turn forks() for : each PC user to perform DB queries and updates for the user. The : listener process runs as MANAGER.SYS. : My problem is that i would like to have the forked process run with the : user-id / account of the connecting user. : Is it possible to let the program change the user-id from MANAGER.SYS to : <user.acct>? : Many thanks in advance, : Reiner Hutsch : +--------------------------+-----------------------+ : | Reiner Hutsch | [log in to unmask] | : +--------------------------+-----------------------+ : | IMW-K=D6LN | Stadtwaldg=FCrtel 33 | : | Phone: +49 221 940566-21 | 50935 K=F6ln | : | Fax: +49 221 407300 | Germany | : +--------------------------+-----------------------+