Here is the debian init.d script I wrote for Prelude Correlator.
It uses standard LSB functions (which are not Debian specific) and start-stop-daemon, so it should work on other distros with the same tools.

The script can be re-used for other Prelude components, just by replacing the name correlator.

Note: it reads a file _/etc/default/prelude-correlator_ and uses some variables. Here is the Debian default file:
<pre>

DAEMONUSER=prelude-correlator # Users to run the daemons as.

RUN=yes # set to yes to start the server in the init.d script.
# you need to register the "prelude-correlator" profile
# before being able to start the correlator automatically
</pre>



HTH,
Pierre