Start a program automatically?

Question

Hi all,
I feel a bit foolish asking this, but how could I get a program (in this case, the Big Brother client daemon) to run during the system boot? I am having a major brain **** on this one. Thanks!

Answer 1

Create a launchd item and put it into /Library/LaunchDaemons
Here is an example:
<pre>
% cat /Library/LaunchDaemons/firewall.plist
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>Disabled</key>
<false/>
<key>Label</key>
<string>edu.ucsc.firewall</string>
<key>OnDemand</key>
<true/>
<key>RunAtLoad</key>
<true/>
<key>Program</key>
<string>/sbin/ipfw</string>
<key>ProgramArguments</key>
<array>
<string>-q</string>
<string>/etc/firewall.conf</string>
</array>
<key>ServiceDescription</key>
<string>Start ipfw firewall with configuration script</string>
</dict>
</plist>
</pre>
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