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corepuncher, You should be able to do what you want. The LDM documentation contains a script that can be used as a template for starting the LDM at boot-time. It uses commands like "su - ldm -c ...". Are there any error messages from the commands? Are there any error messages in the LDM log file? > Hi, I have a very simple script I wrote to start LDM at reboot: > > su - ldm -c 'ldmadmin clean' > su - ldm -c 'ldmadmin delqueue' > su - ldm -c 'ldmadmin mkqueue' > su - ldm -c 'ldmadmin start' > > It EXECUTES, but, stuff is not working. For example scripts in > /home/ldm/util that I made. > > The ONLY way everything works is if I do a "su - ldm" manually from my > command line, then execute the ldmadmin commands. > > I made sure my root $PATH contains everything in /home/ldm/.profile (like > LDMHOME, etc). > > So if the PATH is correct, what am I missing? What is so "special" about > "su - ldm" compared to having root run it at startup? Pulling my hair out > on this one! LDM dies periodically and I"m just trying to issue the simple > command to restart it at reboot. Please help! Regards, Steve Emmerson Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: NYK-599005 Department: Support LDM Priority: Normal Status: Closed