At 13:06 07/29/2002 -0400, you wrote: >When Linux starts up and runs its start-up scripts is it root which is >doing the work? That is, can a script do anything that root could do?
Yes and yes. Specifically, the "init" process (processid=1) is running, and it runs with root privs. One of the things init does is read /etc/inittab, find the right runlevel entry and run the command specified there (e.g. "/etc/rc.d/rc <number>" on Red Hat). It's that command that actually drives the system startup. Ross Patterson CatchFIRE Systems, Inc. (at home) Please note new email address ==> [EMAIL PROTECTED] Old "@Comcast.Net" address goes away real soon
