--- /usr/portage/net-irc/unrealircd/files/unrealircd.rc	2004-10-09 22:46:39.000000000 +0200
+++ /etc/init.d/unrealircd	2009-11-20 22:36:12.000000000 +0100
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 # $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/net-irc/unrealircd/files/unrealircd.rc,v 1.7 2004/10/09 20:36:31 swegener Exp $
 
+# Set the pidfile from unrealircd that is hardcoded to this location through the ebuild installation process.
+UNREALIRCD_PIDFILE=${UNREALIRCD_PIDFILE:-/var/run/unrealircd/ircd.pid}
+UNREALIRCD_LOGFILE=${UNREALIRCD_LOGFILE:-/var/log/unrealircd/ircd.log}
+UNREALIRCD_GROUP=${UNREALIRCD_GROUP:-${UNREALIRCD_USER:-unrealircd}}
+
 opts="reload start stop"
 
 depend() {
@@ -11,20 +16,43 @@
 }
 
 start() {
-	ebegin "Starting unrealircd"
+	ebegin "Starting ${SVCNAME}"
+	# UnrealIRCd do not touch the pidfile if it exists on startup
+	if [ -f ${UNREALIRCD_PIDFILE} ]; then
+		ewarn "The file ${UNREALIRCD_PIDFILE} already exists. Maybe ${SVCNAME} crashed, please check ${UNREALIRCD_LOGFILE}"
+		rm -f ${UNREALIRCD_PIDFILE}
+	fi
 	start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --exec /usr/bin/unrealircd \
-		--chuid ${UNREALIRCD_USER} -- ${UNREALIRCD_OPTS} &>/dev/null
+		--chuid ${UNREALIRCD_USER} --group ${UNREALIRCD_GROUP} -- ${UNREALIRCD_OPTS} &>/dev/null
 	eend $?
 }
 
 stop() {
-	ebegin "Shutting down unrealircd"
-	killall unrealircd
+	ebegin "Shutting down ${SVCNAME}"
+	if [ -f ${UNREALIRCD_PIDFILE} ]; then
+		start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --pidfile ${UNREALIRCD_PIDFILE} &>/dev/null
+	else
+		ewarn "Can't find ${UNREALIRCD_PIDFILE} trying to stop ${SVCNAME} over his process name."
+		start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --name ${SVCNAME} &>/dev/null
+	fi
 	eend $?
 }
 
 reload() {
-	ebegin "Re-Loading unrealircd"
-	killall -1 unrealircd
+	ebegin "Re-Loading ${SVCNAME}"
+	if [ -f ${UNREALIRCD_PIDFILE} ]; then
+		start-stop-daemon --signal HUP --quiet --pidfile ${UNREALIRCD_PIDFILE} &>/dev/null
+	else
+		ewarn "Can't find ${UNREALIRCD_PIDFILE} trying to reload ${SVCNAME} over his process name."
+		start-stop-daemon --signal HUP --quiet --name ${SVCNAME} &>/dev/null
+		# UnrealIRCd do not recreate the file while rehashing
+		if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+			ebegin "Recreating ${UNREALIRCD_PIDFILE} for ${SVCNAME} daemon."
+			echo `pidof ${SVCNAME}` > ${UNREALIRCD_PIDFILE} && \
+			chown ${UNREALIRCD_USER}:${UNREALIRCD_GROUP} ${UNREALIRCD_PIDFILE} && \
+			chmod 0600 ${UNREALIRCD_PIDFILE}
+			eend $?
+		fi
+	fi
 	eend $?
 }