Glynn> Is it related to $TMPDIR? Glynn> If TMPDIR is set, the gnuserv socket is created there, and that's Glynn> where gnuclient will try to connect. If TMPDIR isn't set, /tmp Glynn> will be used. Bingo! Give that man a cigar... I'll either set TMPDIR to match in the ssh login or unset it when starting XEmacs. Thanks, Skip