Hi All, I thought I'd share this tip, I wanted a script that would restart httpd/mysql if the process died (full waffle here), written & tested on CentOS your mileage might vary elsewhere, but obviously it can easily be expanded to "recover" the full range of ISPConfig services. Save the following code in /etc/cron.hourly Code: #!/bin/bash # taken from redhast default scripts - /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions # Set up a default search path. PATH="/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin" export PATH status() { local base=${1##*/} local pid # Test syntax. if [ "$#" = 0 ] ; then echo $"Usage: status {program}" return 1 fi # First try "pidof" pid=`pidof -o $$ -o $PPID -o %PPID -x $1 || pidof -o $$ -o $PPID -o %PPID -x ${base}` if [ -n "$pid" ]; then # Uncomment this if you want OK messages # echo $"${base} (pid $pid) is running..." return 0 fi # Next try "/var/run/*.pid" files if [ -f /var/run/${base}.pid ] ; then read pid < /var/run/${base}.pid if [ -n "$pid" ]; then echo $"${base} dead but pid file exists" /etc/init.d/${base} restart return 1 fi fi # See if /var/lock/subsys/${base} exists if [ -f /var/lock/subsys/${base} ]; then echo $"${base} dead but subsys locked" /etc/init.d/${base} restart return 2 fi echo $"${base} is stopped" return 3 } # found in /etc/init.d/httpd httpd=${HTTPD-/usr/sbin/httpd} status mysqld status $httpd If anyone has a cleaner / better solution I'd be glad to hear it Good Luck !