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+#! /bin/sh
+
+### BEGIN INIT INFO
+# Provides:          freediameter
+# Default-Start:     2 3 4 5
+# Default-Stop:      0 1 6
+# Required-Start:    $remote_fs $syslog
+# Required-Stop:     $remote_fs $syslog
+# Short-Description: Start freeDiameter daemon at boot time
+# Description:       Start the freeDiameter daemon at boot time.
+#	freeDiameter is an extensible implementation of the Diameter protocol,
+#	designed for Authentication, Authorization and Accounting. Diameter is
+#	an evolution of the RADIUS protocol.
+### END INIT INFO#
+
+DAEMON=/usr/bin/freeDiameterd
+CONF=/etc/freeDiameter/freeDiameter.conf
+NAME=freediameter
+DESC="freeDiameter daemon"
+
+test -x $DAEMON || exit 0
+
+LOGDIR=/var/log/freediameter
+PIDFILE=/var/run/$NAME.pid
+DODTIME=30                  # Time to wait for the server to die, in seconds
+                            # The value is high because we wait for STA answers
+			    # before disconnecting the peers.
+
+# Include freediameter defaults if available
+if [ -f /etc/default/freediameter ] ; then
+    . /etc/default/freediameter
+fi
+
+test x"" != x$DAEMON_OPTS || test -f $CONF || exit 0
+
+set -e
+
+running_pid()
+{
+    # Check if a given process pid's cmdline matches a given name
+    pid=$1
+    name=$2
+    [ -z "$pid" ] && return 1
+    [ ! -d /proc/$pid ] &&  return 1
+    cmd=`cat /proc/$pid/cmdline | tr "\000" "\n"|head -n 1 |cut -d : -f 1`
+    # Is this the expected child?
+    [ "$cmd" != "$name" ] &&  return 1
+    return 0
+}
+
+running()
+{
+# Check if the process is running looking at /proc
+# (works for all users)
+
+    # No pidfile, probably no daemon present
+    [ ! -f "$PIDFILE" ] && return 1
+    # Obtain the pid and check it against the binary name
+    pid=`cat $PIDFILE`
+    running_pid $pid $DAEMON || return 1
+    return 0
+}
+
+force_stop() {
+# Forcefully kill the process
+    [ ! -f "$PIDFILE" ] && return
+    if running ; then
+        kill -15 $pid
+        # Is it really dead?
+        [ -n "$DODTIME" ] && sleep "$DODTIME"s
+        if running ; then
+            kill -9 $pid
+            [ -n "$DODTIME" ] && sleep "$DODTIME"s
+            if running ; then
+                echo "Cannot kill $LABEL (pid=$pid)!"
+                exit 1
+            fi
+        fi
+    fi
+    rm -f $PIDFILE
+    return 0
+}
+
+case "$1" in
+  start)
+        echo -n "Starting $DESC: "
+        start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile $PIDFILE \
+            --exec $DAEMON -- $DAEMON_OPTS
+        if running ; then
+            echo "$NAME."
+        else
+            echo " ERROR."
+        fi
+        ;;
+  stop)
+        echo -n "Stopping $DESC: "
+        start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --pidfile $PIDFILE \
+            --exec $DAEMON
+        echo "$NAME."
+        ;;
+  force-stop)
+        echo -n "Forcefully stopping $DESC: "
+        force_stop
+        if ! running ; then
+            echo "$NAME."
+        else
+            echo " ERROR."
+        fi
+        ;;
+  #reload)
+        #
+        # If the daemon can reload its config files on the fly
+        # for example by sending it SIGHUP, do it here.
+        #
+        # If the daemon responds to changes in its config file
+        # directly anyway, make this a do-nothing entry.
+        #
+        # echo "Reloading $DESC configuration files."
+        # start-stop-daemon --stop --signal 1 --quiet --pidfile \
+        #       /var/run/$NAME.pid --exec $DAEMON
+  #;;
+  force-reload)
+        #
+        # If the "reload" option is implemented, move the "force-reload"
+        # option to the "reload" entry above. If not, "force-reload" is
+        # just the same as "restart" except that it does nothing if the
+        # daemon isn't already running.
+        # check wether $DAEMON is running. If so, restart
+        start-stop-daemon --stop --test --quiet --pidfile \
+            /var/run/$NAME.pid --exec $DAEMON \
+            && $0 restart \
+            || exit 0
+        ;;
+  restart)
+    echo -n "Restarting $DESC: "
+        start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --pidfile \
+            /var/run/$NAME.pid --exec $DAEMON
+        [ -n "$DODTIME" ] && sleep $DODTIME
+        start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile \
+            /var/run/$NAME.pid --exec $DAEMON -- $DAEMON_OPTS
+        echo "$NAME."
+        ;;
+  status)
+    echo -n "$LABEL is "
+    if running ;  then
+        echo "running"
+    else
+        echo " not running."
+        exit 1
+    fi
+    ;;
+  *)
+    N=/etc/init.d/$NAME
+    # echo "Usage: $N {start|stop|restart|reload|force-reload}" >&2
+    echo "Usage: $N {start|stop|restart|force-reload|status|force-stop}" >&2
+    exit 1
+    ;;
+esac
+
+exit 0