On Wed, 6 Sep 2000, R. W. Rodolico wrote: > mv /etc/init.d/mysql /etc/init.d/mysql.original > echo #! /bin/bash > /etc/init.d/mysql > chmod 777 /etc/init.d/mysql Ouch, I hope you mean 755 or at least 775. Permissions 777 would allow any user to write to the file. A user could simply watch for the creation of such a file and modify it before you run the script - this is an easily exploitable security hole. -chet ----- yet he has sorcery