Yes it prints a polite message and then bombs out. Steve. -----Original Message----- From: Mark Taylor [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: 01 August 2003 09:57 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: SUN212 and Windows STARJAVA On Fri, 1 Aug 2003, Rankin, SE (Stephen) wrote: > David, > > I have updated the quick_install script to create /star. If it can't do this (because it's not running as root) does it bomb out or print a polite message to the effect that it can't create that link? I'd favour the latter; partly because sysadmins may be happier to know exactly what privileged actions are being taken than run a big fat script with root access. -- Mark Taylor Starlink Programmer Physics, Bristol University, UK [log in to unmask] 0117 928 8776 http://www.star.bris.ac.uk/~mbt/