Hi! I'm taking part in the DES Challenge coordinated effort, which means running their client and calculating keys. Now this thing is easy to use and stays in the background, but every time I reboot I have to restart the program. Now my aproach was to write a little script put it into /etc/init.d/desclient . I used as a sample the script for the cron daemon, but the desclient doesn't behave like a daemon and so the script didn't work.
So how do I start/stop a plain program during boot/shutdown? Is it safe, that root runs this thing? Should I run it under another account? Which one and do I have to create a homedir for that? This program should only be started once and not by "normal" users. How do I achieve this? Where would such a program be located (based on debian philosophy)? Since [EMAIL PROTECTED] is number 5 of the email top-20 of the DES Challenge coordinated effort there must be some answers out there :) Alex. PS: More information on the DES Challenge coordinated effort http://www.des.sollentuna.se -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .