diff -r 5d027884a9d3 -r d2bfa2e06cfa gmyth-stream/server/data/gmsd
--- a/gmyth-stream/server/data/gmsd	Tue Sep 18 13:45:04 2007 +0100
+++ b/gmyth-stream/server/data/gmsd	Mon Mar 03 13:50:41 2008 +0000
@@ -1,62 +1,73 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-PROGRAM_NAME=GMS
-PROGRAM_BIN=/usr/bin/gms.py
-PIDFILE=/var/run/gms.pid
-LOGFILE=/var/log/gms.log
-
-test -x $PROGRAM_BIN || exit 0
 
 set -e
 
+DAEMON=/usr/bin/gms.py
+PIDDIR=/var/run/gms
+PIDFILE=$PIDDIR.pid
+LOGFILE=/var/log/gms.log
+DAEMONUSER=root
+NAME=gms
+DESC="GMyth transcode server"
+
+test -x $DAEMON || exit 0
 . /lib/lsb/init-functions
 . /etc/default/rcS
 
+# Source defaults file; edit that file to configure this script.
+ENABLED=1
+PARAMS="-d"
+
+start_it_up()
+{
+    if [ ! -d $PIDDIR ]; then
+        mkdir -p $PIDDIR
+        chown $DAEMONUSER $PIDDIR
+        chgrp $DAEMONUSER $PIDDIR
+    fi
+    if [ -e $PIDFILE ]; then
+        PIDDIR=/proc/$(cat $PIDFILE)
+        if [ -d ${PIDDIR} -a  "$(readlink -f ${PIDDIR}/exe)" = "${DAEMON}" ]; then
+            log_success_msg "$DESC already started; not starting."
+            return
+        else
+            log_success_msg "Removing stale PID file $PIDFILE."
+            rm -f $PIDFILE
+        fi
+    fi
+
+    log_daemon_msg "Starting $DESC" "$NAME"
+    start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile $PIDFILE \
+      --user $DAEMONUSER --exec $DAEMON -- $PARAMS
+    log_end_msg $?
+}
+
+shut_it_down()
+{
+    log_daemon_msg "Stopping $DESC" "$NAME"
+    start-stop-daemon --stop --retry 60 --quiet --oknodo --pidfile $PIDFILE \
+       --user $DAEMONUSER
+    log_end_msg $?
+    rm -f $PIDFILE
+}
+
 case $1 in
   start)
-    echo -n "Starting $PROGRAM_NAME: "
-    if [ -f $PIDFILE ]
-    then
-        PID=`cat $PIDFILE`
-
-        if ps ax | grep -q "^$PID"
-        then
-            echo "$PROGRAM_NAME already running."
-        else
-            rm -f $PIDFILE
-            $PROGRAM_BIN -d > $LOGFILE 2> $LOGFILE
-            echo "OK"
-        fi
-    else
-        $PROGRAM_BIN -d > $LOGFILE 2> $LOGFILE
-        echo "OK"
-    fi
+    start_it_up
     ;;
 
   stop)
-    echo -n "Stopping $PROGRAM_NAME: "
-    if [ -f $PIDFILE ]
-    then
-        PID=`cat $PIDFILE`
-        if  ps -p "$PID" > /dev/null 
-        then
-            kill -9 $PID
-        fi
-        rm $PIDFILE
-        echo "OK"
-    else
-        echo "No $PROGRAM_NAME found running; no killed."
-    fi
+    shut_it_down
     ;;
 
   restart)
-    $0 stop
-    sleep 1
-    $0 start
+    shut_it_down
+    start_it_up
     ;;
 
   *)
-    log_success_msg "Usage: $0 {stop|start|restart}"
-    exit 1
+    echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/$NAME {start|stop|restart}" >&2
+    exit 2
     ;;
 esac