Currently the service control stuff is implemented with a single-line "svcctl list" entry in smb.conf, and requires that each service be linked into the $libdir/svcctl/ directory. This is understandable (allows for chroot, etc), but a bit heavy on the setup. It might be easier to have a [svcctl] section, with multiple entries for various kinds of inputs. For example, one or more "services directory=/path/to/directory" might be useful for globbing multiple services into the mapper, without having to enumerate all services individually, thereby making operations somewhat simpler and more transparent. Likewise, one or more "service script=/path/to/init/script" entires could provide the ability to itemize scripts, without having to create links. Once services are itemized, they can have additional attributes assigned with additional entries, such as user permissions, and so forth. -- Eric A. Hall http://www.ehsco.com/ Internet Core Protocols http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/coreprot/