hi all, the /etc/rc.d hierarchy is system V as far as i know (or BSD? - i always mix them up). suse, however, doesn't use it and decides to employ /sbin/init.d. is this FHS? why was this choice made? what are the advantages? sure, they are "programs" to be executed at boot, and as such, /sbin is right and /etc was never the right place, but why not have /etc/rc.d/rc?.d with symlinks to /sbin/init.d - because the rc stuff in /sbin/init.d as well as boot, boot.local, halt, halt.local are really /etc candidates whereas the scripts for various programs like qmail/postfix, bind, dhcpd, ntpd etc. are /sbin candidates. what are your thoughts? does anyone know suse's rationale? martin [greetings from the heart of the sun]# echo madduck@!#:1:s@\@@@.net -- "the human brain is like an enormous fish -- it is flat and slimy and has gills through which it can see." -- monty python