Thanks for the reply.

The netstat command doesn't show me anythin but when i do 'netstat -ap | grep sajan'.. i get =>

tcp 0 0 *:sajan *:* LISTEN 3002/xinetd

I know that this service is already using this port, but whats the other alternative to use my script as a daemon.

/tmp/server.pl & is an option.. but i wanted something better if possible.

Thanks for telling me about /tmp.. I am currently just testing the script, so the final script won't be lying there. But, thanks for letting me know that