Hi, In SlackWare Linux the script /usr/bin/ppp-off writes the output of 'ps x' to /tmp/grep.tmp Since root is the user that runs ppp-off, a non-privileged user could create a link from /tmp/grep.tmp to any file (ie: /etc/issue), thus when root runs the ppp-off script, the output of 'ps x' would be put in the linked file. The fix would be to replace every instance of /tmp/grep.tmp in the ppp-off script to something along the line of /root/grep.tmp Take care, sinfony _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com.