Bob McGowan writes: > There are surely other, perhaps simpler ways,... Yes. Just put #!/bin/sh kill `cat /var/run/plogpid` rm -f /var/run/plogpid in /etc/ppp/ip-up.d/zzkillplog and change your script to put the pid of the plog process in /var/run/plogpid. (And you probably want to replace 'tail -f /var/log/syslog' with 'plog -f'.) -- John Hasler john@dhh.gt.org (John Hasler) Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI