Ubuntu startup/shutdown scripts are located in /etc/init.d and are started via symbolic links in the /etc/rc[0-9].d run-level resource directories. Ubuntu supplies a utility, update-rc.d, to create and remove the symbolic links. To install a startup script for Ubuntu 7, use the commands: sudo cp plone-cluster /etc/init.d/plone sudo chmod 755 /etc/init.d/plone sudo update-rc.d plone defaults Substitute "plone-standalone" for "plone-cluster" if you're using a standalone instance. To remove, use the command: sudo update-rc.d -f plone remove Thanks to Barry Page, Larry Pitcher, and Christian W. for their work on this script.