Hi all,,, I'm having hell with this !"§$ PHP safe mode. It seems that SuSE complies PHP with safe mode = on. THEREFORE the config file "php.ini" can not turn it off. Can someone who is using PHP & exec in SuSE 8.2 give me an idea how they are doing it? OR how to work around this. Here is my code: $db = mysql_connect("XXX", "YYYY", "ZZZZZ"); mysql_select_db("WartHog",$db); if (file_exists('AUD.txt')){ exec('euro-update.program') or die ('didnt work #1') ; } else { echo('File not there'); } Thanks, JIM -- Jim Hatridge Linux User #88484 ------------------------------------------------------ BayerWulf Linux System # 129656 The Recycled Beowulf Project Looking for throw-away or obsolete computers and parts to recycle into a Linux super computer Viel Feind -- Viel Ehr' Anti-US Propaganda stamp collecton http://www.fuzzybunnymilitia.org/~hatridge/collection