In the etc/StartXRD.cf and etc/StartOLB.cf example files we find the following line. RESP=`/usr/local/bin/taylor -q opts | grep '^olbd=.*master'` 1. We don't have a program called "taylor" and I wondered what it does. 2. In the case of the StartXRD.cf, should it really be grepping for oldb=.*master, or should it be looking at xrootd=.*master?? As written it would seem to force the olbd master and the xrootd redirector to run on the same host, which may well be efficient and desirable, and therefore a "good thing", but perhaps not conducive to a clear understanding of how things work (as evidenced by my suspicion about why it is done this way). -- Gregory J. Sharp email: [log in to unmask] Wilson Synchrotron Laboratory url: http://www.lepp.cornell.edu/~gregor Dryden Rd ph: +1 607 255 4882 Ithaca, NY 14853 fax: +1 607 255 8062