In article >Pine.LNX.4.21.0008130614140.398-100000@twoflower.net.au>, David Purton <dcpurton@chariot.net.au> wrote: >What is the correct way to get a non-packaged daemon (ie on I've compiled >from source) to start on startup like the packages with an entry in >/etc/init.d? >Can I just add a file to here that does what I want? >What about the rc.x directories? Read /etc/init.d/README and /usr/share/doc/sysvinit/README.runlevels.gz Mike.