Start GroupWise agent consoles on start-up running SLES

Create a new file and name it something like grpwise.sh

Open the file that was just created and edit it so it has something similar to the script below

#!/bin/bash
/opt/novell/groupwise/agents/bin/gwmta --show @ /opt/novell/groupwise/agents/share/gwdom.mta &
/opt/novell/groupwise/agents/bin/gwpoa --show @ /opt/novell/groupwise/agents/share/gwpo.poa &
/opt/novell/groupwise/agents/bin/gwia --show @ /opt/novell/groupwise/agents/share/gwia.cfg &
rcgrpwise start gwdva
 
WHERE /opt/novell/groupwise/agents/bin/* is the path to the agent executable
@ /opt/novell/groupwise/agents/share/* is the path to the agent configuration file
rcgrpwise start gwdva is for the agents such as the DVA that do not have gui consoles
Make sure to include the "&" at the end of the start-up command or the next commands will not run

Adjust the script to fit the systems paths and number of agents running on the server

Save and exit the file

Make the file executable, E.G. if a terminal is being used, type chmod + x grpwise.sh

Verify that the script that has been created will work properly by typing rcgrpwise stop and then type ./grpwise.sh in the same directory that it was created

If everything works as expected, then the GroupWise agents can be stopped from coming up on startup.  In a terminal session, type chkconfig grpwise off

At this point, the script needs to be added to startup.  Type gnome-session-properties

Click Add and in name field, type the desired name for startup script, for command type the path to the created script E.G /root/desktop/grpwise.sh and Comment can be whatever is desired.  Click Add to save

Reboot the server and log in to the X session to verify that the start-up script works properly