You'll need to add the following to /etc/rc.d/rc.local (and make sure /etc/rc.d/rc.dictd is executable): if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.dictd ]; then /etc/rc.d/rc.dictd start fi You might also want to add this to /etc/rc.d/rc.local_shutdown (create that file if it doesn't exist, and make it executable): if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.dictd ]; then /etc/rc.d/rc.dictd stop fi