Memo to myself: In order to implement a central registry of hostnames+usernames, GROUP name - if in capitals, its default expression is just that envvar. :HOST: host_ftp=false host_gopher=false www.some.co.uk, 194.200.167.4 :VHOST: HTTPROOT=/etc/www :USER: HOME=/home/$USER deny_login=false deny_ftp=false deny_samba=false warwick unixpw=k3/5v0xm6nak. deny_ftp=true UID=100 GID=100:80:81 ian john ::USER ::VHOST www.claymag.com, 194.203.7.18 :VHOST: INTERFACE=eth0:1 HTTPROOT=/etc/www/www.claymag.com MAILHOME=/home/pop/externs/$HOST/$USER MAILDIR=$MAILHOME/Maildir POSTMASTER=somelocaluser :LP: text df=3 kj=k ::LP :USER: ::USER ::VHOST ::HOST