I'm close but not quite there. I ran a small Java based news server under Windows for a few small local news groups that I am trying to get working under LM 7.02. I downloaded and installed the JRE1.2.2 and I can run the news server fine from the command line when the system boots up and I have logged in. Here is my problem, I'm trying to get it to run as a service at boot like httpd. I created what would be the same as a batch file (script I guess) and put it in init.d with a link to S65boknews in rc3.d. When the system boots it stops at "Starting boknews" and just sits there. Here is the interesting part, when I reboot in runlevel 5 and check the log it shows in the log the same display screen that the server shows when it runs successfully from the command prompt that the server is running on port 119. Which means it loads but then the system doesn't go on to process anything else. In simple tems (I'm still relativly new to Linux) is there a way, or what am I missing to have it continue processing after it loads the Java newserver? Regards Dan
