Hi, the iwpmd init script specifies: if [ -f "/etc/redhat-release" ]; then . /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions STARTD=daemon STOPD=killproc STATUSD=status GETPID=/sbin/pidof elif [ -f "/etc/SuSE-release" ]; then . /lib/lsb/init-functions STARTD=start_daemon STOPD=killproc STATUSD=/sbin/checkproc GETPID=/sbin/pidofproc fi This does not work on Debian/Ubuntu. You can source /lib/lsb/init- functions which provides the functions start_daemon, pidofproc, killproc, status_of_proc. -- Benjamin Drung System Developer Debian & Ubuntu Developer ProfitBricks GmbH Greifswalder Str. 207 D - 10405 Berlin Email: benjamin.drung@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Web: https://www.profitbricks.com Sitz der Gesellschaft: Berlin. Registergericht: Amtsgericht Charlottenburg, HRB 125506B. Geschäftsführer: Achim Weiss. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-rdma" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html