Start a program when Linux startup

What distro are you running? Are you talking about running at boot time or when you start a graphical desktop? If so, which window manager, KDE, Gnome etc?

Hello, I am using Linux Advanced Server 3.0. I want to run a program when at boot time. Thanks Vunguyen

Advanced Server 3.0....is that redhat? If so the simplest way would be to just add the command to /etc/rc.d/rc.local. This would get executed once when the computer boots. A better way would be to create a script for it in /etc/rc.d/init.d/ and then make links to it in the relevent runlevels /etc/rc.d/rc3.d/, /etc/rc.d/rc5.d/ etc This way the command can be controlled a little better and can be started and stopped when switching runlevels. For more info on the redhat boot process: http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-9-Manual/ref-guide/s1-boot-init-shutdown-process.html

put the executable file in /etc/rc.d/rc.local

Hello, I want to start OC4J container at Linux boot time. Vunguyen