To start gnugk on boot-up, add the following lines to /etc/rc.local: if [ -x ${PREFIX}/bin/gnugk ]; then install -d -o _gnugk /var/run/gnugk echo -n ' gnugk' ${PREFIX}/bin/gnugk -t -c ${SYSCONFDIR}/gatekeeper.ini \ -u _gnugk -o /var/log/gnugk/gnugk.log \ --pid /var/run/gnugk/gnugk.pid 1> /dev/null & fi