Services, how does it work?

[Paul Howarth]

Matthias Bauw wrote:
> hi there,
> 
> I have been using fedora linux for quite some time now and I have
> been able to build several software programs from source. But sometimes
> I want that software to start automatically.
> 
> Therefore I would like to add those programs to the 'services' in Fedora,
> but I don't see how it is done.
> 
> Does anyone know a good tutorial that explains how it all works?

You need to write an initscript and put it in /etc/rc.d/init.d. You'll 
find many examples in that directory. You can then configure the service 
to be started automatically (or not) using chkconfig. See "man 
chkconfig" for details.

Paul.