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The <file>init.d</file> scripts must ensure that they will
- behave sensibly if invoked with <tt>start</tt> when the
- service is already running, or with <tt>stop</tt> when it
- isn't, and that they don't kill unfortunately-named user
- processes. The best way to achieve this is usually to use
- <prgn>start-stop-daemon</prgn>.
+ behave sensibly (i.e., returning success and not starting
+ multiple copies of a service) if invoked with <tt>start</tt>
+ when the service is already running, or with <tt>stop</tt>
+ when it isn't, and that they don't kill unfortunately-named
+ user processes. The best way to achieve this is usually to
+ use <prgn>start-stop-daemon</prgn> with the <tt>--oknodo</tt>
+ option.
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