Greetings, First off, I can take absolutely no credit for this script (thanks go out to the smaug deriv released at one time or another by Wolfpaw.. Going through to find it, I couldn't, but still, I can't take credit for it.. it's a damn good script though. How to install: Easy as pie really.. Open up the startxanth file, search for the #here lines.. Change those (should be rather self explanatory).. Do the same with the xanth.pl.. To edit the crontab, all you have to do is take a look at the crontab file. That's my crontab, exactly as it is, and it works just perfectly. It checks to make sure the mud's up and running every 5 minutes, and if it's not it restarts it. To change your crontab, use the following command : crontab -e copy that line from the crontab file into the nw file that crontab -e pulls up (after changing the path and whatnot of course), then save the crontab.. You should be ready to go from there. Benefits of using this script: From what I've seen, the past two years of using it, this script is rather nice.. I've edited it quite a bit ove the years, and it's always worked for me like magic.. --The mud automatically restarts itself (instead of waiting 3-5 minutes to restart) --The Crontab entry can be used to automatically restart the mud in the event of a server crash. It checks every 5 minutes and if it's not running, it restarts it, running the perl script. --Less hassle than having to worry about your startup script running all of the time. --It's easier on the server itself than running a tcsh or bash script.. To execute this script, simply type the following: nohup ./startxanth & The nohup will make sure that the script keeps running while you're not around The & puts the script in the background (which you should be doing anyways)