sir,actual problem is when i run with 'radiusd' log file save on location i defined in radiusd.conf prefix = /usr/localexec_prefix = ${prefix}sysconfdir = ${prefix}/etclocalstatedir = ${prefix}/varsbindir = ${exec_prefix}/sbinlogdir = ${localstatedir}/log/radius but when i run radius with 'radiusd -X' i save on location defined in radiusd.dat echo -n $"Starting $prog:" cd $binfolder daemon ./radiusd > /var/log/radius`date '+%Y%m%d'`.log & RETVAL=$? sleep 2 i want to save log file on same location in both cases... please help me in this Thanx..