Non-Debian third-party packages often do not provide SysV scripts to start and stop their software's background processes, and you may need to write your own. Even if such scripts are provided, they may need to be modified to follow the Debian standards, particularly ifthey use prepackaged functions available in other distributions that differ from those in Debian.
Writing init scripts is a whole subject in itself. However, the Debian initseripts package includes a /ete/init. d/skeleton script that can be copied and modified according to your needs. The Operating System of the Debian Policy Manual (available as a Debian package and at http://www. debian. org/doe/debian-poliey/) and Olapter 20, System Initialization of the Core Linux System Base standard (available at http://refspees . linuxfoundation. org/lsb. shtml). The latter also provides for some standard functions in /lib/lsb/init-funetions to assist in script coding.
