On Tue, 16 Apr 1996, Seth I. Rich wrote: > #110.wizard = 1; > set_task_perms(#110); > shutdown(); /* whatever, maybe a message here */ > > and, as the first line in $server_started: > #110.wizard = 0; You could do this, I suppose, but an easier (and perhaps safer) way to do it would be: #110.wizard = 1; set_task_perms(#110); fork (1) shutdown(); endfork #110.wizard = 0; Joe