How to start a script running at boot time?

[Erik Nørgaard]

wc_fbsd at xxiii.com wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have a script I would like to launch at boot time, as a non-root 
> user,  to remain running in the background.  What is the best way to 
> accomplish this?  I looked through the rc* stuff, and it looks like 
> overkill for what I need, plus my scripting isn't that strong either.
> 
> I know I can do something like:   su - user -c "script_to_run"
> But I don't even know what's the best place to include that.
> 
> Any suggestions, or examples?

A sample script could be /etc/rc.d/sysctl, it contains a block 
sysctl_start() which is executed when you run # /etc/rc.d/sysctl start

Using that as a sample you can insert you custom startup code.

Cheers, Erik

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