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This is true for CentOS/RHEL/FC flavors.

Login as root user and go to /etc/rc.d directory. You will need to edit the rc.local file. There, add your own command line to start the service of your choice.

How can I add a service to run at boot?

This is for RH-based OS only.

You will need to use the chkconfig command. Here, I will use snmpd as the example. 

To add snmpd to the rc0-6.d directory and to have it boot at 2,3,4,5 runlevels, issue the following commands:

chkconfig --level 2345 snmpd on
chkconfig --add snmpd

How can I add my own command to run at boot?

07-31-2009, 11:54 AM

If you are on a Debian/Ubuntu system:
 

Code:

update-rc.d <service> defaults

Run above as root and replace <service> with the service you want to run at boot time. ex: httpd, snmpd, etc.

To remove
 

Code:

update-rc.d -f <service> remove