Vijaya >> When Debian is booted i find that /tmp is cleaned.. How do i >> disabled it? Look in /etc/init.d/bootmisc.sh, towards the end there is an uncommented line like this "rm -f /tmp/.clean /var/run/.clean /var/lock/.clean". Comment it. Do other files other than the dotted files disappear? Hope things are not as URGENT as before! -- Ragu Visit us at http://puggy.symonds.net/~fsug-kochi