>> I'm quite experienced sysadmin, but only for a short time I maintain >> servers with Fedora Core onboard. Thus I've got some questions. >yes. severe lack of interested volunteers to take it up but meanwhile Here are, I think, the most important areas: /etc of course. /etc/sysconfig The main place that the files in /etc/init.d look for configuration info. These files are typically sourced in the init.d file during its run. One mostly set variables there. It's also a good idea to get familiar with chkconfig. There is some GUI version of this, but, well, you know, CLI rules for power users. :-) -- "Did you ever have one of those days when you called into work just to make sure you weren't there already?" http://www.hacksaw.org -- http://www.privatecircus.com -- KB1FVD