Installation instructions: (1) Save a copy of the old /sbin/lad as /sbin/lad.orig and replace /sbin/lad with this new version. # cp -p /sbin/lad /sbin/lad.orig # cp -p lad_new /sbin/lad (2) Compare the permissions, the owner and the group of the ORIGINAL lad file with the NEW lad file. Set the permissions, owner, and group as required. # ls -l /sbin/lad.orig -rwx------ 1 root other 131224 Feb 24 2000 /sbin/lad.orig ^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^^ permissions owner group # ls -l /sbin/lad ?????????? 1 ???? ????? ????????????????????? /sbin/lad compare with lad.orig and correct as required. To set the permissions, owner, and group for the new version # chmod 700 /sbin/lad ( sets permissions ) # chown root /sbin/lad (sets owner ) # chgrp other /sbin/lad (sets group )