This is explained on the following web page: http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch10.html#s-sysvinit
I am new to Debian, but as I understand it, Debian is working to reduce the number of scripts that you have to edit. The scripts reference configuration files (in /etc). You don't edit the scripts; you just edit the configuration files. I was trying to configure some network stuff, and I was reading the Running Debian book on the O'Reilly web site. The book was written for Debian 2.1, and described how I needed to edit some scripts to get my network going. Well, I'm running 2.2, and it turned out that I just needed to edit a single config file in /etc and I was done. Cool. -- Steve R. Hastings "Vita est" [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.blarg.net/~steveha