Looks like you have a space between the path and lsnrctl. That might be the problem. HTH, -Rocky   "Van M. Etheridge" wrote: I would like to be able tostartup and shutdown the listener when my SA shutsdown and brings the Unix box back up. What happens when my SA brings upthe OS is that he gets the lsnrctl prompt rather than listener starting. He can then type the start command and listerner starts. But it should start without him having to key in the command.I have the following in both the /etc/init.d/dbstart and/etc/rc2.d/s99dbstart files:su - oracle -c $ORACLE_HOME/bin/ lsnrctl start(I use the default listener name "LISTENER")Sun SPARC Solaris OS 2.4Oracle7 ServerRelease 7.3.4.0.1 - ProductionWith thedistributed, parallel query and Spatial Data optionsPL/SQL Release 2.3.4.0.0 - Production-- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com-- Author: Van M. EtheridgeINET: VanE@UANET.ORGFat City Network Serv! ! ices -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists--------------------------------------------------------------------To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail messageto: ListGuru@fatcity.com (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and inthe message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L(or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You mayalso send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).Do You Yahoo!? - Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail Personal Address - only $35 a year!