Sorry to repost - I changed subject so its not perceived as a Java/Tomcat issue. I thought this would be common SuSE issue. I have read the /etc/init.d/skeleton files and do not find any reference to a registry of services (other than /etc/init.d/*). My problem is trying to clone existing script /etc/init.d/tomcat to a new one (/etc/init.d/tomcat55) that runs a new version of the Tomcat application server. NOTE: We are running SLES9 on AMD64, but I assume the rc script framework/conventions are the same on SuSE Pro 9.2 and SLES9 (that's why I am posting on both lists). Apologies if this is not correct. Anyway, I have SLES9 servers running the Jakarta Tomcat 5.0.19 application server that comes with SLES9. Due to some clustering/failover problems I need to upgrade to the latest Tomcat 5.5.7 and apply some provided patches. Here's what I did: 1. Expanded the ".gz" file in the home directory of the user that the app server will run under. 2. Copied the /etc/init.d/tomcat script to /etc/init.d/tomcat55 and changed the appropriate references to "tomcat" to "tomcat55". 3. Made corresponding adjustements to /etc/sysconfig/j2ee (actually a copy called tomcat55 and referenced it from the init.d script). 4. I can now start and stop using "/etc/init.d/tomcat55 start" and /etc/init.d/tomcat55 stop" with no problem. 5. However when I go to install the script it fails with these messages: kingfish:/etc/init.d # insserv /etc/init.d/tomcat55 insserv: script tomcat.20050216a: service tomcat already provided! insserv: script tomcat: service tomcat already provided! kingfish:/etc/init.d # Here is the header for my /etc/init.d/tomcat55 script: # # /etc/init.d/tomcat55 # # and symbolic its link # # /usr/sbin/rctomcat55 # # System startup script for the Tomcat servlet container # ### BEGIN INIT INFO # Provides: tomcat55 # Required-Start: $local_fs $remote_fs # X-UnitedLinux-Should-Start: $named $syslog $time # Required-Stop: $local_fs $remote_fs # X-UnitedLinux-Should-Stop: $named $syslog $time # Default-Start: 3 5 # Default-Stop: 0 1 2 6 # Short-Description: Tomcat Servlet Container - Version 5.5.x # Description: Start Tomcat 5.5.x to allow JAVA server pages ### END INIT INFO What am I missing? Thank you in advance - Richard