Use the following procedure to install a program/script as a daemon on SuSE Linux 10:

1. copy programname to /usr/sbin
2. copy /etc/init.d/skeleton to /etc/init.d/programname
3. edit /etc/init.d/programname appropriately
4. copy /etc/sysconfig/cups to /etc/sysconfig/programname
5. edit /etc/sysconfig/programname appropriately
6. activate script with

   insserv /etc/init.d/programname

7. create rc link with

   ln -s /etc/init.d/programname /sbin/rcprogramname

8. create and edit /etc/logrotate.d/programname