Dave, Odd. Those results are inconsistent: the first command shouldn't have printed "Problem found" if the second command didn't print "syslog-ng". The first command says that "syslog-ng" appears in the output of "ps -e" but the second command shows that it doesn't. What the devil's going on with your grep(1)? Can you play around with it? Regards, Steve Emmerson Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: PXK-681085 Department: Support LDM Priority: Normal Status: Closed