/etc/init.d has "local" service which looks for /etc/conf.d/local.[start/stop] (I use ~x86) Andrew ======= On Friday 31 December 2004 00:40, Christoph Eckert wrote: ======= so it gets automatically executed at boottime? In other Distros there's an /etc/init.d/boot.local, but not in Gentoo. Thanks & best regards ce