Hi Paul, I built a Linux-From-Scratch a couple of years ago, following steps on their website. It didn't require completely statically linked executables. There's a FAQ file in the source for glibc (2.1.3 for me) with comments about this. Look for NSS. Good luck, by the way, it took me ages but I enjoyed every minute of it! Ted. -- Ted <ted@nowtsfree.freeserve.co.uk> http://www.nowtsfree.freeserve.co.uk