I don't have a problem with /etc/default, and if there is precedent for it that is all the better. I found Miquel's use of /etc/default in the latest sysvinit (to move configuration out of the scripts in /etc/init.d) to be an improvement over the way we handled it previously. Thanks Bruce -- Pixar's Toy Story: Over 1/3 Billion dollars world box office so far. Bruce Perens AB6YM Bruce@Pixar.com http://www.hams.com/