hi all, I reboot yesterday and while it was doing so, the proces stopped causse of errors. Here is a snip from my /var/log/messages. Jan 29 22:46:16 JimsNotebook smartd: smartd shutdown succeeded Jan 29 22:46:17 JimsNotebook kernel: audit(1107056777.410:0): avc: denied { read } for pid=19116 exe=/usr/sbin/rndc name=hosts dev=hda8 ino=460335 scontext=user_u:system_r:ndc_t tcontext=system_u:object_r:file_t tclass=file Jan 29 22:46:41 JimsNotebook shutdown: shutting down for system reboot Jan 29 22:46:44 JimsNotebook last message repeated 36 times Jan 29 22:46:45 JimsNotebook kernel: audit(1107056805.425:0): avc: denied { read } for pid=19195 exe=/usr/sbin/rndc name=hosts dev=hda8 ino=460335 scontext=user_u:system_r:ndc_t tcontext=system_u:object_r:file_t tclass=file Jan 29 22:47:08 JimsNotebook shutdown: shutting down for system halt Jan 29 22:47:08 JimsNotebook init: Switching to runlevel: 0 Jan 29 22:47:09 JimsNotebook kernel: audit(1107056829.338:0): avc: denied { read } for pid=19254 exe=/usr/sbin/rndc name=hosts dev=hda8 ino=460335 scontext=user_u:system_r:ndc_t tcontext=system_u:object_r:file_t tclass=file Jan 29 22:47:11 JimsNotebook shutdown: shutting down for system halt <------ [ I hit the power button to finally shut my notebook off.] Any Ideas??? ~jim ******************************************************** When I'm feeling down, I like to whistle. It makes the neighbor's dog run to the end of his chain and gag himself. ************************************ Registered Linux User: #376813 jim lawrence 128-10-93-85-10-128-98-112-6-6-25-126-39-1-68-78