On Tue, 2007-07-31 at 23:10 -0400, Mail List wrote: > rc.local is executed after the init scripts on boot - what is the > equivalent which would be executed before the scripts during the shutdown > phase? You probably want to look at: /etc/rc.d/rc0.d/S00killall It references something else that *can* exist near the end. -- [tim@bigblack ~]$ uname -ipr 2.6.22.1-33.fc7 i686 i386 Using FC 4, 5, 6 & 7, plus CentOS 5. Today, it's FC7. Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists.