so that it become executable. sudo chmod 755 /etc/init.d/webmin The now the final step is to linking this script to the startup folders with a symbolic link as. sudo ln -s /etc/init.d/webmin /etc/rc1.d/K99webmin sudo ln -s /etc/init.d/webmin /etc/rc2.d/S99webmin Now we are ready with our new set of commands to start, stop &