To have ipguard start at boot time, add the following line to /etc/rc.conf.local, substituting the flags as needed: ipguard_flags="" and to /etc/rc.local: if [ "${ipguard_flags}" != "NO" -a -x ${PREFIX}/sbin/ipguard ]; then install -d -o _ipguard /var/run/ipguard ${PREFIX}/sbin/ipguard ${ipguard_flags} echo -n ' ipguard' fi