if [ -n "$pidfile" ] && [ ! -e "$pidfile" ]; then
        touch "$pidfile" && chown "$FESS_USER":"$FESS_GROUP" "$pidfile"
    fi

    echo -n $"Starting $prog: "
    # if not running, start it up here, usually something like "daemon $exec"
    daemon --user $FESS_USER --pidfile="$pidfile" $exec -d
    retval=$?
    pid=`ps aux | grep "^${FESS_USER}" | grep "${PROC_NAME}" | sed 's/[\t ]\+/\t/g' | cut -f2`
    if [ -n "$pid" ]; then