"/etc/rc.d/init.d/skype" (for Scientific Linux 6.2)

launch-skype.sh

#!/bin/bash
#
# chkconfig: 345 99 10
# description: Skype service
#
# pidfile: /var/run/skype.pid

if [ -f /etc/init.d/functions ] ; then
  . /etc/init.d/functions
elif [ -f /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions ] ; then
  . /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions
else
  exit 1
fi

PIDFILE=${PIDFILE-/var/run/skype.pid}

USER=skype
LOGFILE=/var/log/skype.log
DBPATH=/home/skype/.Skype
XDISPLAY=20

RETVAL=0

start() {
        echo -n "Starting skype services: "

        sudo -u "$USER" Xvfb :$XDISPLAY -screen 0 800x600x16 -nolisten tcp >> "$LOGFILE" 2>&1 & echo $! >"$PIDFILE" &&
        sleep 3 && \
        (sudo -u "$USER" env DISPLAY=:$XDISPLAY sh -c "nohup \"/usr/bin/skype\" --dbpath=\"$DBPATH\" &") >> "$LOGFILE" 2>&1 && \
        (success && [ -d /var/lock/subsys ] && touch /var/lock/subsys/skype || true) \
        || (RETVAL=$?; kill -TERM `cat $PIDFILE`; failure)
        echo
}


stop() {
        echo -n "Stopping skype services: "
        if [ -e "$PIDFILE" ]; then
                kill -TERM `cat $PIDFILE` && \
                rm -f $PIDFILE && \
                if [ -d /var/lock/subsys ]; then rm -f /var/lock/subsys/skype; fi && \
                success || failure
        else
                failure
                RETVAL=1
        fi
        echo
}

usage() {
    echo "Usage: `basename $0`  {start|stop|restart}"
}

case $1 in
    start)
        start
        ;;
    stop)
        stop
        ;;
    restart)
        stop
        start
        ;;
    *)
        usage
        RETVAL=255
        ;;
esac

exit $RETVAL