> To start services on boot on redhat, create a script in /etc/init.d.
> Make sure it can handle the arguments stop, start, and optionally
> restart and status.  

	I have one! It's installed from the factory! It doesn't do anything! 

	It's really pissing me off, as far as I can tell it's set up correctly. There's no error messages. When I try to start from this script manually (after boot) it returns that it ran ok, but I can't connect. When I run "vncserver" from a terminal screen after logging in locally it works fine. 

Here's a copy of the script:

#!/bin/bash
#
# chkconfig: - 91 35
# description: Starts and stops vncserver. \
#	       used to provide remote X administration services.

# Source function library.
. /etc/init.d/functions

# Source networking configuration.
. /etc/sysconfig/network

# Check that networking is up.
[ ${NETWORKING} = "no" ] && exit 0

VNCSERVERS=""
[ -f /etc/sysconfig/vncservers ] && . /etc/sysconfig/vncservers

prog=$"VNC server"

start() {
    echo -n $"Starting $prog: "
    ulimit -S -c 0 >/dev/null 2>&1
    RETVAL=0
    for display in ${VNCSERVERS}
    do
        echo -n "${display} "
	unset BASH_ENV ENV
        initlog $INITLOG_ARGS -c \
            "su ${display##*:} -c \"cd ~${display##*:} && [ -f .vnc/passwd ] && vncserver :${display%%:*}\""
        RETVAL=$?
        [ "$RETVAL" -ne 0 ] && break
    done
    [ "$RETVAL" -eq 0 ] && success $"vncserver startup" || \
        failure $"vncserver start"
    echo
    [ "$RETVAL" -eq 0 ] && touch /var/lock/subsys/vncserver
}

stop() {
    echo -n $"Shutting down $prog: "
    for display in ${VNCSERVERS}
    do
        echo -n "${display} "
	unset BASH_ENV ENV
        initlog $INITLOG_ARGS -c \
	    "su ${display##*:} -c \"vncserver -kill :${display%%:*}\" >/dev/null 2>&1"
    done
    RETVAL=$?
    [ "$RETVAL" -eq 0 ] && success $"vncserver shutdown" || \
        failure $"vncserver shutdown"
    echo
    [ "$RETVAL" -eq 0 ] && rm -f /var/lock/subsys/vncserver
}

# See how we were called.
case "$1" in
  start)
	start
	;;
  stop)
	stop
	;;
  restart|reload)
	stop
	start
	;;
  condrestart)
	if [ -f /var/lock/subsys/vncserver ]; then
	    stop
	    start
	fi
	;;
  status)
	status Xvnc
	;;
  *)
	echo $"Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart|condrestart|status}"
	exit 1
esac


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