From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 18 20:40:20 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1ED9316A400 for ; Sat, 18 Mar 2006 20:40:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chris@chrismaness.com) Received: from ns1.internetinsite.com (ns1.internetinsite.com [208.179.97.2]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A091443D4C for ; Sat, 18 Mar 2006 20:40:19 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from chris@chrismaness.com) Received: from [71.83.198.191] (71-83-198-191.dhcp.rvsd.ca.charter.com [71.83.198.191]) by ns1.internetinsite.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k2IKeIWV055990 for ; Sat, 18 Mar 2006 12:40:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from chris@chrismaness.com) Message-ID: <441C702B.2070202@chrismaness.com> Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2006 12:40:11 -0800 From: Chris Maness User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (Windows/20051201) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Best Way to Start an App at Boot Time? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2006 20:40:20 -0000 I like the rc.conf file idea that FreeBSD uses to start daemons. I have a python script (i.e. denyhosts.py) that I would like to launch in a daemon mode at boot time. How would I add this as an option for rc.conf, or is there a better more "official" way to do this?