<< HTML content follows >> Hope it will be useful.   #!/bin/bash # # Startup script for SER # # chkconfig: 345 85 15 # description: Ser is a fast SIP Proxy. # # processname: ser # pidfile: /var/run/ser.pid # config: /etc/ser/ser.cfg   # Source function library. . /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions   ser=/sbin/ser prog=ser RETVAL=0 OPTIONS="-P /var/run/ser.pid"   start() {         echo -n $"Starting $prog: "         daemon $ser $OPTIONS         RETVAL=$?         echo         [ $RETVAL = 0 ] && touch /var/lock/subsys/ser         return $RETVAL }   stop() {       echo -n $"Stopping $prog: "       killproc $ser       RETVAL=$?       echo       [ $RETVAL = 0 ] && rm -f /var/lock/subsys/ser /var/run/ser.pid }   reload() {       echo -n $"Reloading $prog: "       killproc $ser -HUP       RETVAL=$?       echo }   # See how we were called. case "$1" in   start)       start       ;;   stop)       stop       ;;   status)         status $ser       RETVAL=$?       ;;   restart)       stop       start       ;;   condrestart)       if [ -f /var/run/ser.pid ] ; then             stop             start       fi       ;;   *)       echo $"Usage: $prog {start|stop|restart|condrestart|status|help}"       exit 1 esac   exit $RETVAL     Shi Hoch