Before I upgrade Linux(Mandrake 6.5 is about 3 years old) I am going to backup up some stuff. Well, I'm not sure if that md5 password package would conflict with the current password file. I don't right now have md5 installed. All passwords are 8 or less characters. If I reinstall the current password and group files as they are on my currect old Linux system onto the new Linux system, and the new one is going to have md5 by default, does anyone know if that might be a problem? Robert