Here is a little gem I just ran across after struggling to get scripts in the /etc/rc.d directories to work properly at startup for the tenth time.

You can very easily create an entry in the cron table to do this. Here is an example.

assuming:

• java is installed at /opt/java
• Confluence is installed at /opt/confluence

Create a script - /home/bob/runConfluenceAtStartup.sh:

running as bob:

• create/ edit the 'cron table' using: crontab -e
• add the following line to the (file/table):
  @reboot /home/bob/runConfluenceAtStartup.sh