I figured out the cause of the errror..... Its funny.....on linux you execute a command and parameters like this sayIt helloworld right.. but on suse you execute a command like this ./sayit helloworld The only exception is if you specify a full path to sayIt like this /usr/bin/sayIt helloworld so in the ser_mysql.sh file gen_ha1 should be changed to ./gen_sha1 and bingo.....no errors.... This same thing goes for all other commands that generate command not found error...it actually happened with serctl too and i fixed it Thanks for listening Akintayo Olusegun Access Solutions