Ok, did everything Mike suggested...still no go. The cron entry I made returns the following lines in email: Rateup WARNING: /usr/bin/rateup could not read the primary log file for 192.168.10.2_1 Rateup WARNING: /usr/bin/rateup The backup log file for 192.168.10.2_1 was invalid as well Rateup WARNING: /usr/bin/rateup Can't remove 192.168.10.2_1.old updating log file Rateup WARNING: /usr/bin/rateup Can't rename 192.168.10.2_1.log to 192.168.10.2_1.old updating log file Rateup WARNING: /usr/bin/rateup could not read the primary log file for 192.168.10.2_2 Rateup WARNING: /usr/bin/rateup The backup log file for 192.168.10.2_2 was invalid as well Rateup WARNING: /usr/bin/rateup Can't remove 192.168.10.2_2.old updating log file Rateup WARNING: /usr/bin/rateup Can't rename 192.168.10.2_2.log to 192.168.10.2_2.old updating log file Rateup WARNING: /usr/bin/rateup could not read the primary log file for 192.168.10.2_4 Rateup WARNING: /usr/bin/rateup The backup log file for 192.168.10.2_4 was invalid as well Rateup WARNING: /usr/bin/rateup Can't remove 192.168.10.2_4.old updating log file Rateup WARNING: /usr/bin/rateup Can't rename 192.168.10.2_4.log to 192.168.10.2_4.old updating log file Rateup WARNING: /usr/bin/rateup could not read the primary log file for 192.168.10.2_5 Rateup WARNING: /usr/bin/rateup The backup log file for 192.168.10.2_5 was invalid as well Rateup WARNING: /usr/bin/rateup Can't remove 192.168.10.2_5.old updating log file Rateup WARNING: /usr/bin/rateup Can't rename 192.168.10.2_5.log to 192.168.10.2_5.old updating log file Rateup WARNING: /usr/bin/rateup could not read the primary log file for 192.168.10.2_6 Rateup WARNING: /usr/bin/rateup The backup log file for 192.168.10.2_6 was invalid as well Rateup WARNING: /usr/bin/rateup Can't remove 192.168.10.2_6.old updating log file Rateup WARNING: /usr/bin/rateup Can't rename 192.168.10.2_6.log to 192.168.10.2_6.old updating log file Rateup WARNING: /usr/bin/rateup could not read the primary log file for 192.168.10.2_9 Rateup WARNING: /usr/bin/rateup The backup log file for 192.168.10.2_9 was invalid as well Rateup WARNING: /usr/bin/rateup Can't remove 192.168.10.2_9.old updating log file Rateup WARNING: /usr/bin/rateup Can't rename 192.168.10.2_9.log to 192.168.10.2_9.old updating log file Rateup WARNING: /usr/bin/rateup could not read the primary log file for 192.168.10.2_10 etc., etc.... Cron fired off two emails, five minutes apart, and now nothing for over 30 minutes..... I'm lost, I'm frustrated, and like everything else I try to do in Linux...I'll give this up after three days of banging my head against the wall..... Thanks for letting me rant.... =) Eric