p@pc:/etc/init.d$ uname -rv 2.6.30-1-686 #1 SMP Sat Aug 15 19:11:58 UTC 2009 GNU/Linux p@pc:/etc/init.d$ ls -l /etc/init.d/proc* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1308 2009-10-04 01:05 /etc/init.d/procps -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 997 2006-09-12 18:42 /etc/init.d/procps.sh Is removal of procps.sh advisable? Thanks, ... Peter E. -- Google "pathology workshop"