GREG@POMONA.CLAREMONT.EDU asks how to add extra forbidden passwords to the password dictionary. You realy don't need to write a program to do this. Put a few passwords (one per line) in a file sys$scratch:passw.tmp, then append this file to the dictionary: $ convert/merge /pad=%D0 sys$scratch:PASSW.TMP - sys$share:VMS$PASSWORD_DICTIONARY.DATA ------------------------------------------------- Kees Noyens Computing Centre Tilburg University The Netherlands Surfnet : KUBVX1::S211KENO Bitnet : S211KENO@HTIKUB5.BITNET Internet: S211KENO%HTIKUB5.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU