Hi,

I am currently writing a simple management app in php whereby I can stop and start services like HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, POP3, etc but I want this to run on a speperate instance of apache.

Is there a way to add my own services to load at startup (much like windows 2000 server's services - sorry im a windows admin by nature but trying to break out of it!). I also want to do this so I can run a perl script on startup that emails me every time the box is booted up.

Thanks,

Ben Hodgson

Am I right in saying that this has something to do with "/etc/init.d"?

Yes, you can either add the command/script to your
/etc/rc.d/rc.local
file, which inits last before the login prompt/X server, or, to make it start via init, you can place a symbolic link in this directory:
/etc/rc.d/rcx.d
where x is the runlevel you usually boot into. If youre putting the symlink in as a part of init, be sure to give it this syntax:
Sxy
x=the priority number, lower comes first
y=simple name of the program/script.
Dont forget the S!
For example, one entry in my /etc/rc.d/rc3.d directory looks like this:
S73numlock
Good luck!

Thanks - I think i'll play with this one for a bit....