diff -ur a/nscd/nscd.c b/nscd/nscd.c
--- a/nscd/nscd.c       2007-02-16 19:14:58.000000000 +0000
+++ b/nscd/nscd.c       2007-07-20 16:44:01.000000000 +0100
@@ -178,6 +178,9 @@
       if (pid != 0)
        exit (0);
 
+         if (write_pid (_PATH_NSCDPID) < 0)
+       dbg_log ("%s: %s", _PATH_NSCDPID, strerror (errno));
+
       int nullfd = open (_PATH_DEVNULL, O_RDWR);
       if (nullfd != -1)
        {
@@ -227,12 +230,6 @@
        for (i = min_close_fd; i < getdtablesize (); i++)
          close (i);
 
-      pid = fork ();
-      if (pid == -1)
-       error (EXIT_FAILURE, errno, _("cannot fork"));
-      if (pid != 0)
-       exit (0);
-
       setsid ();
 
       if (chdir ("/") != 0)
@@ -241,9 +238,6 @@
 
       openlog ("nscd", LOG_CONS | LOG_ODELAY, LOG_DAEMON);
 
-      if (write_pid (_PATH_NSCDPID) < 0)
-        dbg_log ("%s: %s", _PATH_NSCDPID, strerror (errno));
-
       if (!init_logfile ())
        dbg_log (_("Could not create log file"));