"replacing system calls is very evil!" I dont have an answer, but just an additional question: Why is replacing the default system call evil? I keep hearing this, but have never quite found a convincing answer to this -Shri -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/