Ok i went into /etc/rc.d/rc.modules to try to load the modules for my sound card but... when i uncommented it and saved it not thinking that i shoulda went into root to change it i just changed the permissions to 755 then i saved it then i changed the permissions back to -rwxr-xr-x then i rebooted and what would u know my internet didnt work so i loged into root uncommented the changes i made then rebooted and it worked fine but... i went back to rc.modules and notcied that it was a text file not a shell script and im pssitive that before i edited it was a shell script so i went to properties and checked out some things in ther it ididnmt say much so i tired edit file types and see that in there it said text file so i changed that to Shell Script and change the *.txt to *.sh and *.csh then clicked apply and ok then i logged outta a root and loged into user and it still hasnt changed any reasonb for this?? Also when i told u my internet worked ya well it just bearly works and like when i booted up i got an error but i cant see to find it in dmesg so ill post the mesg back later thanx

Matt3333

That is about the hardest post to read, can I ask you to possibly add some periods ( . ) and such to it; to complete sentences and to get rid of the long running run-on sentence it is? It would make it easier for me or anyone else here to read and possibly help you with your problem.

I'm not trying to be rude really, but the easier it is to read your questions, the easier it is to help you.

Regards.

a shell script is basically a text file with:

#!/bin.sh

at the start

chmod 777 [filename] = rwxr-xr-x

chmod -rwxr-xr-x [filename] = chmod 022 or 000 (takes atributes away!)

try "man chmod"

Basically those files in /etc/rc.d/* are text-files, but they need to be executable and readable. The 1st process started during the boot phase is "init", .., ...

Some how init statet another script, which then checks the files on /etc/rc.d for their permissions. They will then be processed only if they have execute permission.

See into the /etc/rc.d/rc.xxx, if it has such start(),stop(),restart() inside and has executable permission for an user, then that user can stop,start,resart it without to reboot ..