The init.d script starts the daemon successfully but no pid file
(/var/run/hpsockd.pid) is created. Therefore the script is unable to
stop the daemon...

I solved this problem for myself by replacing "start-stop-daemon
--stop..." with "/usr/sbin/sdc stop". However, I guess, this is not good 
solution for everyone.

Thanks,
Andriy

Dear Maintainer,

hpsockd enter daemon status by itself therefor start-stop-daemon can not create
the proper pid file, which causes the script fail to stop daemon.

Invoke start-stop-daemon with --name instead of --pidfile fix the problem.

---
 debian/init.d |   16 ++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/debian/init.d b/debian/init.d
index 72f7e90..f0417a5 100755
--- a/debian/init.d
+++ b/debian/init.d
@@ -13,14 +13,24 @@
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
 DAEMON=/usr/sbin/hpsockd
 NAME=hpsockd
+WORKDIR=/var/cache/$NAME
 DESC="HP SOCKS daemon"

 test -f $DAEMON || exit 0

 set -e

+check_hpsockd_dir()
+{
+    if [ ! -d $WORKDIR ]; then
+        mkdir -m 755 $WORKDIR
+        chown nobody:root $WORKDIR
+    fi
+}
+
 case "$1" in
   start)
+    check_hpsockd_dir
 	if [ -f /etc/hpsockd.conf ]; then
 		echo -n "Starting $DESC: "
 		start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile /var/run/$NAME.pid \
@@ -32,8 +42,7 @@ case "$1" in
 	;;
   stop)
 	echo -n "Stopping $DESC: "
-	start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --pidfile /var/run/$NAME.pid \
-		--exec $DAEMON
+	start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --name $NAME
 	echo "$NAME."
 	;;
   reload|force-reload)
@@ -42,8 +51,7 @@ case "$1" in
   ;;
   restart)
 	echo -n "Restarting $DESC: "
-	start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --pidfile \
-		/var/run/$NAME.pid --exec $DAEMON
+	start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --name $NAME
 	sleep 1
 	start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile \
 		/var/run/$NAME.pid --exec $DAEMON
-- 
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