2010/11/21 Jorge Fábregas <jorge.fabregas at gmail.com>: > On Sunday 21 November 2010 20:19:59 Kill Script wrote: >> I have a Java program that I want to start up with every boot, but I'm >> unsure how to do it. > > Put the call to your script on this file: > > /etc/rc.d/rc.local > > > HTH, > Jorge It may be tempting to use the rc.local, but that's the quick and dirty way and not good for the long-term sustainability and management of a system. There's no way to individually control any service running from there, and no way to stop it on shutdown.