I would like to know why packages like diald or ppp doe have a kill and a start entry in /etc/rc2.d? 157) ls -l /etc/rc2.d/*ppp lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Feb 9 11:04 /etc/rc2.d/K20ppp -> ../init.d/ppp lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Feb 9 11:04 /etc/rc2.d/S20ppp -> ../init.d/ppp Michael -- Michael Meskes Lehrstuhl fuer angewandte Mathematik insb. Informatik RWTH-Aachen, D-52056 Aachen, Germany email: meskes@informatik.rwth-aachen.de