Next is setup ofBiz to run as a service.  You will need to stop ofBiz process from prior steps and a restart is an easy way to clean everything up.

From your Terminal Window type "useradd -m ofbiz".  This will create a new local user called ofbiz. 

Next type "chown -R ofbiz /opt/ofbiz".  This will change the owner on all files in the /opt/ofbiz sub-directory structure to ofbiz recursivly. 

Next type "chmod 700 /opt/ofbiz".  This will set the root ofbiz subdirectory to read, write, and execute for the owner only.

Next type "cp /opt/ofbiz/rc.ofbiz /etc/init.d/ofbiz".  This will copy the startup script to the /etc/init.d directory.

Next you will need to modify the the /etc/init.d/ofbiz script file to match mine this:

#!/bin/sh
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#
# ofbiz        This shell script takes care of starting and stopping
#              the OFBiz subsystem
#
# chkconfig: - 80 10
# Description: OFBiz server

# Source function library
# this does not exist in Debian/Ubuntu/etc.
# => comment out and use "echo failure" and "echo success" in place of echo_failure and echo_success (minor anyway) 
# . /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions

# Source networking configuration
# this does not exist in Debian/Ubuntu/etc. => comment out 
# . /etc/sysconfig/network

# /usr/lib/jvm/jre/bin/java -Xms128M -Xmx512M -jar ofbiz.jar
# Paths - Edit for your locations
JAVA_BINARY=/usr/lib/jvm/java/bin/java
OFBIZ_HOME=/opt/ofbiz
OFBIZ_LOG=$OFBIZ_HOME/runtime/logs/console.log

# VM Options
JAVA_VMOPTIONS="-Xms128M -Xmx512M"

# Java arguments
JAVA_ARGS="-jar ofbiz.jar"

# *nix user ofbiz should run as (you must create this user first)
OFBIZ_USER=ofbiz

# OFBiz processes running
ofbizprocs() {
    OFBIZ_PROCS=`/bin/ps h -o pid,args -C java.bin | /bin/grep -e "$JAVA_ARGS" | /bin/egrep -o "^[[:space:]]*[[:digit:]]*"`
}

# Checking user...
checkuser() {
    if [ "$USER" != "$OFBIZ_USER" ]; then
        echo failure
        echo
        echo "Only users root or $OFBIZ_USER should start/stop the application"
        exit 1
    fi
}

# Start OFBiz
start() {
    echo -n "Starting OFBiz: "
    checkuser
    ofbizprocs
    if [ "$OFBIZ_PROCS" != "" ]; then
        echo failure
        echo
        echo "OFBiz is already running..."
        return 1
    fi

    # All clear
    cd $OFBIZ_HOME
    umask 007
    /bin/rm -f $OFBIZ_LOG
    $JAVA_BINARY $JAVA_VMOPTIONS $JAVA_ARGS >>$OFBIZ_LOG 2>>$OFBIZ_LOG&     
    echo success
    return 0
}

# Stop OFBiz
stop() {
    echo -n "Stopping OFBiz: "
    checkuser
    ofbizprocs
    if [ "$OFBIZ_PROCS" == "" ]; then
        echo failure
        echo
        echo "OFBiz is not running..."
        return 1
    fi

    # All clear
    cd $OFBIZ_HOME
    umask 007   
    $JAVA_BINARY $JAVA_VMOPTIONS $JAVA_ARGS -shutdown >>$OFBIZ_LOG
    ofbizprocs
    if [ "$OFBIZ_PROCS" != "" ]; then
        # Let's try to -TERM
        /bin/kill -TERM $OFBIZ_PROCS
    fi
    ofbizprocs
    if [ "$OFBIZ_PROCS" != "" ]; then
        # Let's try it the hard way!
        /bin/kill -9 $OFBIZ_PROCS
    fi
    ofbizprocs
    if [ "$OFBIZ_PROCS" != "" ]; then
        echo failure
        echo
        echo "Some processes could not be stopped:"
        echo $OFBIZ_PROCS
        echo "A possible solution is to try this command once more!"
        return 1
    else
        echo success
        return 0
    fi
}

# If root is running this script, su to $OFBIZ_USER first
# Note that under Debian/Ubuntu/etc. you should use instead
# if [ "$USER" = "root" ]; then
if [ "$UID" = "0" ]; then
    exec su - $OFBIZ_USER -c "$0 $1"
fi

case "$1" in
    'start')
        start
    ;;
    'stop')
        stop
    ;;
    'restart')
        stop
        start
    ;; 
    'status')
        ofbizprocs
        if [ "$OFBIZ_PROCS" == "" ]; then
            echo "OFBiz is stopped"
            exit 1
        else
            echo "OFBiz is running"
            exit 0
        fi
    ;;
    *)
        echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|kill|restart|status|help}"
        exit 1
    ;;
esac
echo
exit $?