Hi Corinna... I noticed that ssh -f localhost sleep 20 hangs even with 2.5.2p2-3 even though (with no connections) ssh -f -L 5901:localhost:5900 localhost sleep 20 does not hang. When you tested it for me, were you using 1.3.1-1 or what? Thanks, ...Karl _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Check out: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple