mac2 mail typed this message on 7/17/03 5:05 PM: > You dropped the leading slash "/" from Loren's post (see below). Well I typed it properly and got the following: johngrif% open /etc/rc.common 2003-07-17 20:44:23.618 open[542] LSOpenFromURLSpec() returned -10814 for application (null) path /etc/rc.common. 2003-07-17 20:44:23.620 open[542] Couldn't open file: /etc/rc.common [John-Griffins-Computer:~] johngrif% I guess the UNIX gremlins have invaded my computer! Maybe someone who possesses godlike skills in UNIX could walk us UNIX illiterates through this procedure (?) Jg