I have managed to compile samba 2.2.1a on linux 2.4.2 with SSL ,but I would like to start it automatically from init level 3. However I need to key in the password for the certificate in order for it to run. There is a mention to this being possible in the samba book using python, but I'm no python programmer. Has anyone done this, or got a solution to my problem. Many thanks for your help in advance -- Mark Hatton Unix Systems Administrator (Contractor)