Recently posted to the "Big Admin" section of Sun's website is a pretty long article on setting up amanda. Haven't read it yet, so I'm unable to comment on its content. http://enews.sun.com/CTServlet?id=47250049-814460813:1068762499806 or http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/features/articles/backups_amanda.html -- Jon H. LaBadie jon AT jgcomp DOT com JG Computing 4455 Province Line Road (609) 252-0159 Princeton, NJ 08540-4322 (609) 683-7220 (fax)