currently, i'm using ZServer and it seems that one needs to leave a telnet session open for the server to remain active: typically, i'll start her up like: ./start -w 80 & however, if i close the session or it times out, the server stops. what might i be doing wrong here? veritas ------ Do you do Linux? :) Get your FREE @linuxstart.com email address at: http://www.linuxstart.com