(whoops, replied off-list) Hi John,
mingetty on the 3215 console runs through "login". $HOME is set, as other environment variablesb, but "id" still behaves oddly. For the rc script case, I would not assume any settings from "login", I did assume that "getgroups" had been issued for root. Cheers, Arty ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390