I am running INN 2.4.1 on Perl 5.005. innd creates nnrpd when a news reader connects to the news server. The news server requests the user name and password for authentication. However, the nnprd process is killed w/o any error message generated. I did a truss and saw the nnrpd exit with "panic: top_env" What does that message mean? Googled around and that indicated Perl has done something strange and must exit. Does anyone have a more fully explanation? Thanks