Hi Thierry, >> AFAIK only user names starting with a number are really forbitten and >> the user name is not the problem. It seems, that tdm dosn't like the >> Umlaut in the password. > Have you tried setting the password in kuser? In my opinion, if kuser lets you > set a password but does not accept later, it would be a bug. No. I use the unix/linux program passwd. Fine regards Rolf