> > Try "/etc/rc.d/init.d/sshd stop" or even "killall sshd" > > > > That worked very well. > So being in the init.d directory and running sshd stop is different then > /etc/rc.d/init.d/sshd stop > Sort of interesting but annoying Quick lesson on the $PATH variable. Your path as root is generally /sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin which means if you do not specify the full path, it will try and run something in the path (the frist one it finds). When you just did "sshd stop" it found the sshd deamon in /usr/sbin and tried to run that, which of course didnt know what "stop" ment (thus the error). The script in /etc/rc.d/init.d does know, but is not apart of your path. For security's sake, your current directory is never apart of the path (or sholdnt be, anyway). If someone were to get a nasty program that deletes everything you own, and name it "cd" and "ls" and put it in your home directory, you would never know what hit you. Therefore, to run things in your current directory, you need to be explicit, and do "./commandname" Jay _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list