You may wish to add these lines to /etc/rc.d/rc.local to start the service: if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.sqlrcachemanager ]; then /etc/rc.d/rc.sqlrcachemanager start fi if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.sqlrelay ]; then /etc/rc.d/rc.sqlrelayr start fi You may also add these lines to /etc/rc.d/rc.local_shutdown: if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.sqlrelay ]; then /etc/rc.d/rc.sqlrelayr stop fi if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.sqlrcachemanager ]; then /etc/rc.d/rc.sqlrcachemanager stop fi Remember to give executable permission to /etc/rc.d/rc.local_shutdown: chmod 0755 /etc/rc.d/rc.local_shutdown