svn init.d script & adding it to rc.d

reference from : http://eightpence.com/a-subversion-initd-script-for-ubuntu-linux/

save following script as /etc/init.d/svnserve

#!/bin/sh -e # # svnserve - brings up the svn server so anonymous users # can access svn # # Get LSB functions . /lib/lsb/init-functions . /etc/default/rcS SVNSERVE=/usr/bin/svnserve SVN_USER=subversion SVN_GROUP=subversion SVN_REPO_PATH=/home/$SVN_USER/ # Check that the package is still installed [ -x $SVNSERVE ] || exit 0; case "$1" in start) log_begin_msg "Starting svnserve..." umask 002 if start-stop-daemon --start --chuid $SVN_USER:$SVN_GROUP --exec $SVNSERVE -- -d -r $SVN_REPO_PATH; then log_end_msg 0 else log_end_msg $? fi ;; stop) log_begin_msg "Stopping svnserve..." if start-stop-daemon --stop --exec $SVNSERVE; then log_end_msg 0 else log_end_msg $? fi ;; restart|force-reload) "$0" stop && "$0" start ;; *) echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/svnserve {start|stop|restart|force-reload}" exit 1 ;; esac exit 0

you can get it here as well

after you save the script, you need to change its permission like others
for me, ubuntu 8.10, but mostly 755 : chmod 755 /etc/init.d/svnserve

and then,

update-rc.d svnserve defaults

this command line adds above script(/etc/init.d/svnserve) initial scripts directories on /etc/rc#.d/