I don't recall seeing a response to this request, and I'm nothing of an expert in Java, so here's a some-what educated guess: Where you invoke "/usr/bin/java -cp /usr/local/lib/java/jes.jar Jes $JESARGS" put "daemon " in front of that line. daemon /usr/bin/java -cp /usr/local/lib/java/jes.jar Jes $JESARGS and give that a whirl. (daemon is the function brought in by the script processor for startup services that backgrounds/detaches the call to the service itself Brian Brunner brian.t.brunner at gai-tronics.com (610)796-5838 >>> ByrneJB at Harte-Lyne.ca 10/24/05 05:19PM >>> I have a single requirement to launch a java application on startup as a service. The application is shipped in a file called jes.jar. It requires three arguments: a dotted quad IP address, an initial service port, and a translated service port. I can get the application running as a console command. Can someone point me to a site that documents how to script a sys V init.d style script so that I can run this as a daemon process? I tried copying a script in the age old fashion but I seem to be missing something(s). Lastly, I vaguely recall that there is a way to capture the pid of a program started in the shell but I cannot find any reference to it. I seem to recall that the construct $! or $$ contained the value of the last program run. Can anyone here confirm this and/or provide an example. I am a digest subscriber so direct responses are appreciated (reply to all). Sample script #!/bin/sh # # jes: Java Encryption Server for Javelin NSTV connections. # # chkconfig: - 26 89 # description: Java Encryption Service to support SSL # connections for the Javelin HP3000 NS/VT # emulator java applette. # # Check if config file readable (and therefore exists). [ -r /etc/sysconfig/jes ] || exit 0 # Read and execute the config file. .. /etc/sysconfig/jes # Check if variable has length zero and exit if true. [ -z "$JESARGS" ] && exit 0 start() { echo -n $"Starting jes as daemon: " /usr/bin/java -cp /usr/local/lib/java/jes.jar Jes $JESARGS touch /var/lock/subsys/jes echo } stop() { echo -n $"Shutting down jes (Java Encryption Service): " /usr/bin/jes -K killproc jes rm -f /var/lock/subsys/jes echo } [ -f /usr/bin/jes ] || exit 0 # See how we were called. case "$1" in start) start ;; stop) stop ;; restart|reload) stop start ;; condrestart) [ -e /var/lock/subsys/jes ] && (stop; start) ;; *) echo $"Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart|reload|condrestart}" exit 1 esac exit 0 sample configuration file: # Options to Jes server for secure javelin connections # VTNAME IP address of NSVT host (usually an HP3000) VTNAME="192.168.0.12" # VTPORT The service port that the NSVT service is listening # on (Usually 1570) VTPORT="1570" # JESPORT The service port that JES listens to on this host for VT # Javelin connections. This can be any port but it is # required that: # a. This port must be allowed through any exterior # firewalls. # b. The client must have the same port configured # in default.j92 # (or encrypt.j92 if that is what you are using). JESPORT="1570" # These are concatenated here for use in the init.d script. JESARGS="$VTNAME $VTPORT $JESPORT" -- *** e-mail is not a secure channel *** mailto:byrnejb.<token>@harte-lyne.ca James B. Byrne Harte & Lyne Limited vox: +1 905 561 1241 9 Brockley Drive fax: +1 905 561 0757 Hamilton, Ontario <token> = hal Canada L8E 3C3 _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS at centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos ******************************************************************* This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept for the presence of computer viruses. www.hubbell.com - Hubbell Incorporated