hartz, sorry about that I posted my last msg before your post. may I first extend my sincere gratitude for the detailed and insighful assitance you provided above. this is most useful and courteous of you.
regretably I am unable to action ANY command that requires a write to a file. I just get the error [code]svcadm: <service>: Repository read-only[/code] I cannot write to anywhere (touch >tmpfiletoday) gives: [code]-bash: <any command i give>: Read-only filesystem. ???? This message posted from opensolaris.org
