Try this one: chown -R c.smith.users /home/c.smith See the problem? -Ben On Friday 30 December 2005 03:48, Remco Barendse wrote: > For some strange reason I am no longer able to create groupnames or > usernames (with useradd and groupadd) that contain a dot. -- "The best way to predict the future is to invent it." - XEROX PARC slogan, circa 1978