Good Day, I start syslog-ng, ver3.0.4, from /usr/local/sbin using the same script I run with older versions of ng on other servers but this is the first time I have seem 2 processes started. Ng is loading the correct conf file at /usr/local/etc/syslog-ng.conf and is writing log messages to the correct log files, no duplicate entries. Always 2 pids in sequence. If I kill the smaller pid, 3532 in this case, the ppid of 1 takes over for 3532 and ng, 3533, runs along just fine. Help? Thanks root 3532 1 0 15:09:54 pts/2 0:00 /usr/local/sbin/syslog-ng -p /usr/local/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.pid root 3533 3532 0 15:09:54 ? 0:00 /usr/local/sbin/syslog-ng -p /usr/local/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.pid John Manson CAO/HIR/NI/Data-Communications | U.S. House of Representatives | Washington, DC 20515 Desk: 202-226-4244 | Team: 202-225-5552 | john.manson@mail.house.gov