It's possible to put script for creating /var/run/firebird2 and setting its permissions to /etc/init.d and then call it with /etc/rcS.d
/etc/init.d/firebird.sh: #!/bin/sh mkdir /var/run/firebird2 chmod 770 /var/run/firebird2 chown firebird:firebird /var/run/firebird2 and then do somethig like... sudo /etc/init.d/firebird.sh # to start work without reboot sudo update-rc.d start firebird.sh 64 S . # to recreate directory automatically ...if I remember update-rc.d parameters order right. This works on my two ubuntu 6.06 servers. -- Missing directory /var/run/firebird2 https://launchpad.net/bugs/33235 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs