> I'm not sure whether Apple has fixed the > bug in the startup script, where the external file was referred AFTER > the values where set. Yes. You can now edit /etc/sysctl.conf and nothing else is required. I learned this ~10.4.8, so I don't know when it actually happened. -- Scott Ribe scott_ribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.killerbytes.com/ (303) 722-0567 voice