Hoi Dominic! Dominic> all that "starting syslogd", "starting inetd" etc Dominic> when you're booting, it's controlled by init, right? Dominic> how do i tell it not to start the things I'd rather Dominic> not be running? I don't know how good or sloppy solution this is, but I usually simply do a "chmod -x /etc/init.d/SCRIPT_I_WANT_NOT_TO_START" as root. If I change my mind, I can do "chmod +x ..." to enable that service to start at boot again. -- ignotus