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+#! /bin/sh
+#
+# chkconfig: - 55 45
+# description:	The memcached daemon is a network memory cache service.
+# processname: memcached
+# config: /etc/sysconfig/memcached
+
+# Source function library.
+. /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions
+
+PORT=11211
+USER=nobody
+MAXCONN=1024
+CACHESIZE=64
+OPTIONS=""
+
+if [ -f /etc/sysconfig/memcached ];then 
+	. /etc/sysconfig/memcached
+fi
+
+# Check that networking is up.
+if [ "$NETWORKING" = "no" ]
+then
+	exit 0
+fi
+
+RETVAL=0
+prog="memcached"
+
+start () {
+	echo -n $"Starting $prog: "
+	# insure that /var/run/memcached has proper permissions
+        chown $USER /var/run/memcached
+	daemon memcached -d -p $PORT -u $USER  -m $CACHESIZE -c $MAXCONN -P /var/run/memcached/memcached.pid $OPTIONS
+	RETVAL=$?
+	echo
+	[ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && touch /var/lock/subsys/memcached
+}
+stop () {
+	echo -n $"Stopping $prog: "
+	killproc memcached
+	RETVAL=$?
+	echo
+	if [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] ; then
+	    rm -f /var/lock/subsys/memcached
+	    rm -f /var/run/memcached.pid
+	fi
+}
+
+restart () {
+        stop
+        start
+}
+
+
+# See how we were called.
+case "$1" in
+  start)
+	start
+	;;
+  stop)
+	stop
+	;;
+  status)
+	status memcached
+	;;
+  restart|reload)
+	restart
+	;;
+  condrestart)
+	[ -f /var/lock/subsys/memcached ] && restart || :
+	;;
+  *)
+	echo $"Usage: $0 {start|stop|status|restart|reload|condrestart}"
+	exit 1
+esac
+
+exit $?