Hi Don't know if it'll make any difference, but I'd feel a little uncomfortable with the field empty. I think I'd use /dev/null as the homedir, assuming it doesn't do something to postfix Ed Hoeffner 1-271 BSBE 312 Church St. SE Mpls, MN 55455 hoeffner at dcmir.med.umn.edu 612-625-2115 612-625-2163 fax Don't know, but you can do it the long way around and... 1 - Create the user. 2 - Delete the home dir ( rm -rf /home/postfix ). 3 - Remove the home dir from /etc/passwd ( Carefully AFTER you backup the file ).