-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Bryce C wrote: | You might want to try booting in to linux single mode. If he has made bash non-executable then I don't see how this will work either. I doubt the box will ever boot since /etc/inittab calls /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit and the first line of sysinit is: #!/bin/bash or #!/bin/sh It is probably time to break out the alternative boot media and fix the file permissions... Two questions Alan: 1) What dist. are you running? 2) Is /bin/sh a hard link to /bin/bash? On my Mandrake boxes it is a soft link. (ls -i will show the inode number of the file) - -- KevinO Matz's Law: ~ A conclusion is the place where you got tired of thinking. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQE9lHFcjBS1mMJB+bQRAiydAJ9AlJts0GPdwXyqkkyTMh21eMLkjwCeND0u tRoTO/rsVG/3LfcD4QakOQA= =7lsq -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----