Ohh just soo you guys know "was i suppose to do this part to the rc.pump.done script": "chmod -u=rwx /etc/rc.d/rc.pump.done" or should i have left that part out????? And 1 more thing when i changed in the script "sh /etc/init.d/iptables panic "to ----->" /etc/init.d/firewall panic #!/bin/bash if [ "$1" = "down" ]; then exit 0 fi if [ "$1" = "lease" ]; then echo address $3 assigned to network interface $2 > /dev/console fi /sbin/pump -i eth0 -s > /var/tmp/pump.out IPADDR=`fgrep IP: /var/tmp/pump.out | sed -e "s/.*IP: //"` NETMASK=`fgrep IP: /var/tmp/pump.out | sed -e "s/.*Netmask: //"` BROADCAST=`fgrep IP: /var/tmp/pump.out | sed -e "s/.*Broadcast: //"` NETWORK=`fgrep IP: /var/tmp/pump.out | sed -e "s/.*Network: //"` DHCP_SERVER=`fgrep IP: /var/tmp/pump.out | sed -e "s/.*DHCP_SERVER: //"` GATEWAY=`fgrep IP: /var/tmp/pump.out | sed -e "s/.*Gateway: //"` DOMAIN=`fgrep IP: /var/tmp/pump.out | sed -e "s/.*Domain: //"` rm /var/tmp/pump.out echo IPADDR=$IPADDR . /etc/rc.d/pump.info echo NETMASK=$NETMASK >> /etc/rc.d/pump.info echo SUBNET_BASE=$NETWORK >> /etc/rc.d/pump.info echo SUBNET_BROADCAST=$BROADCAST >> /etc/rc.d/pump.info echo GATEWAY=$GATEWAY >> /etc/rc.d/pump.info echo HOSTNAME=$HOSTNAME >> /etc/rc.d/pump.info echo DHCP_SERVER=$DHCP_SERVER>> /etc/rc.d/pump.info sh /etc/init.d/iptables restart <---when i changed iptables to firewall retsart exit 0 ******************************************************************************** AND HERE WHEN I CHANGE IPTABLES TO FIREWALL sh/etc/init.d/firewall panic if [ -f /etc/rc.d/pump.info ]; then . /etc/rc.d/pump.info else echo "rc.firewall: dhcp is not configured." sh /etc/init.d/iptables panic <---when i changed this to firewall panic exit 1 fi ******************************************************************************** WHEN I CHANGES THOSE 2 THINGS IPTABLES TO FIREWALL AND RESTART MY MACHINE ALL IT WILL DO WHEN IT starts it SAYS STARTING UP REDHAT NETWORK DAEMON DHCP IS NOT CONFIGURED DHCP IS NOT CONFIGURED DHCP IS NOT CONFIGURED DHCP IS NOT CONFIGURED DHCP IS NOT CONFIGURED DHCP IS NOT CONFIGURED DHCP IS NOT CONFIGURED DHCP IS NOT CONFIGURED "AND KEEPS SAYING THIS!" Just thought i would let you know i tryed that!!!! And thats what happen __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Faith Hill - Exclusive Performances, Videos & More http://faith.yahoo.com