Sending signal will work even better than nscd -K.

diff --git a/nscd.init b/nscd.init
index cfdcc0f23b1c6e77f6a2df9178dda81df3e3e56c..0b478d501088a34153eee64efa37ecf0c00e047c 100644 (file)
--- a/nscd.init
+++ b/nscd.init
@@ -34,9 +34,7 @@ start() {
 stop() {
        if [ -f /var/lock/subsys/nscd ]; then
                msg_stopping "Name Switch Cache Daemon"
-               daemon /usr/sbin/nscd -K
-               # nscd -K only signals nscd to shutdown, so wait a bit
-               waitproc 2 nscd /var/run/nscd/nscd.pid
+               killproc --pidfile /var/run/nscd/nscd.pid nscd -TERM
                rm -f /var/lock/subsys/nscd >/dev/null 2>&1
        else
                msg_not_running "Name Switch Cache Daemon"