Edubuntu Devel Group <[email protected]> writes: >Are you running it with sudo? > >Does it work if you run it giving their userID instead of their username? > >If you manually run "pgrep -u <username>" do you get any output? If you >don't, it's possible pgrep is unable to determine the UID to search users >for > >Gavin
ha! got it....there is an actual system command named "stop"...which is the same name as my script. I ran the script direct from it's directory /root/stop and it worked fine....so I will simply rename it and shove it back into /usr/bin Doh! :-) David N. Trask Technology Teacher/Director Vassalboro Community School [EMAIL PROTECTED] (207)923-3100 -- edubuntu-devel mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-devel
