All, Just now, I got the intermittent "start but no serve" problem (below attached the message). Squid uses same PID with svscanboot. This makes me more clear to know the problem source. Thx & Rgds, Awie ===SNIP=== Active Internet connections (servers and established) Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address Foreign Address State tcp 0 0 *:ssh *:* LISTEN udp 0 0 localhost.localdoma:ntp *:* udp 0 0 *:ntp *:* raw 0 0 *:tcp *:* 7 raw 0 0 *:udp *:* root 637 0.0 0.1 1340 372 tty2 S 15:17 0:00 /sbin/mingetty tty2 root 638 0.0 0.3 1980 984 ? S 15:17 0:00 /bin/sh /command/svscanboot root 642 0.0 0.1 1376 300 ? S 15:17 0:00 svscan /service root 643 0.0 0.0 1332 232 ? S 15:17 0:00 readproctitle service errors: ............................................................................ .............................................. root 850 0.0 0.6 5628 1612 ? R 15:40 0:00 sshd: root@pts/0 root 852 0.0 0.4 2080 1208 pts/0 S 15:40 0:00 -bash root 897 0.0 0.2 2568 740 pts/0 R 15:42 0:00 ps auxww [root@Squid root]# squid -k shutdown squid: ERROR: Could not send signal 15 to process 638: (1) Operation not permitted