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I am using the POW server for my rails application. However, it doesn't start on boot. I have to reinstall it every time. I have tried everything in the troubleshooting guide. Any ideas on where to look next?

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It's kicked off by a launcher script, so if that's missing or not installed you're not going to have much luck. Have you tried going through the source install process and do the last step:

launchctl load -Fw "$HOME/Library/LaunchAgents/cx.pow.powd.plist"

If that file is missing or not loading properly that could be your problem.

tadman
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    Thanks, I found a dubious permission error on my LaunchAgents directory in my syslog. I found [this](http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/3250/why-am-i-getting-a-dubious-ownership-of-file-error-when-launch-agent-runs-my-p) and was able to fix my permissions to get it to load at boot. The permissions were wrong for my `~/Library/LaunchAgent` directory. It needs to be owned by me and `chmod 755`. Files in the directory need to be own by me and `chmod 644`. – Chris Slade Oct 07 '11 at 20:41