You can use tic to create your own terminfo files, so you will have them to use until your sysadm installs them. Just read the man pages on tic. -- Brent L. Bates NASA-Langley Research Center M.S. 361 Hampton, Virginia 23665-5225 (804) 864-2854 E-mail: blbates at aero4.larc.nasa.gov or blbates at aero2.larc.nasa.gov