Bryan O'Neal wrote: > Ok, apparently things have changed since I had to do custom start up > scripts. I tired dumping my script in /ete/init.d/ and sim-linking it > out in /etc/rc6.d, /etc/rc5.d, & /etc/rc3.d but I get nothing for my > efforts. I goggled around and found chkconfig but all I get is does not > support chkconfig. I goggled some more for how to write a service > script but got nothing useful back. > > Suggestions? Is this a RedHat-esque distro? I'm guessing so due to the use of chkconfig. 'man chkconfig' You need to put a special comment in your init script. chkconfig reads this comment to know when to stop/start your script. You should remove any symlinks you manually added to /etc/rc*.d, and let chkconfig manage all that stuff for you. ### # chkconfig: 2345 55 25 # description: Manages the services you are controlling with the # chkconfig command ### The first set of numbers “2345″ is are the default runlevels for the service, and “55″ and “25″ represent the name of the “S” and “K” symbolic links, and the order in which the service will be started and stopped in the respective runlevel. You will need to change these last two numbers, making them unique. http://spiralbound.net/2006/11/15/controlling-services-with-chkconfig