diff -Nrup a/nscd/nscd.conf b/nscd/nscd.conf
--- a/nscd/nscd.conf	2012-06-05 07:42:49.000000000 -0600
+++ b/nscd/nscd.conf	2012-06-07 12:15:21.818318670 -0600
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 #	logfile			/var/log/nscd.log
 #	threads			4
 #	max-threads		32
-#	server-user		nobody
+	server-user		nscd
 #	stat-user		somebody
 	debug-level		0
 #	reload-count		5
diff -Nrup a/nscd/nscd.init b/nscd/nscd.init
--- a/nscd/nscd.init	2012-06-05 07:42:49.000000000 -0600
+++ b/nscd/nscd.init	2012-06-07 12:15:21.818318670 -0600
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #		slow naming services like NIS, NIS+, LDAP, or hesiod.
 # processname: /usr/sbin/nscd
 # config: /etc/nscd.conf
+# config: /etc/sysconfig/nscd
 #
 ### BEGIN INIT INFO
 # Provides: nscd
@@ -28,20 +29,8 @@
 # Source function library.
 . /etc/init.d/functions
 
-# nscd does not run on any kernel lower than 2.2.0 because of threading
-# problems, so we require that in first place.
-case $(uname -r) in
-    2.[2-9].*)
-	# this is okay
-	;;
-    [3-9]*)
-	# these are of course also okay
-	;;
-    *)
-	#this is not
-	exit 1
-	;;
-esac
+# Source an auxiliary options file if we have one, and pick up NSCD_OPTIONS.
+[ -r /etc/sysconfig/nscd ] && . /etc/sysconfig/nscd
 
 RETVAL=0
 prog=nscd
@@ -50,7 +39,7 @@ start () {
     [ -d /var/run/nscd ] || mkdir /var/run/nscd
     [ -d /var/db/nscd ] || mkdir /var/db/nscd
     echo -n $"Starting $prog: "
-    daemon /usr/sbin/nscd
+    daemon /usr/sbin/nscd $NSCD_OPTIONS
     RETVAL=$?
     echo
     [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && touch /var/lock/subsys/nscd
@@ -83,11 +72,11 @@ restart() {
 # See how we were called.
 case "$1" in
     start)
-	start
+	[ -e /var/lock/subsys/nscd ] || start
 	RETVAL=$?
 	;;
     stop)
-	stop
+	[ ! -e /var/lock/subsys/nscd ] || stop
 	RETVAL=$?
 	;;
     status)
@@ -99,14 +88,17 @@ case "$1" in
 	RETVAL=$?
 	;;
     try-restart | condrestart)
-	[ -e /var/lock/subsys/nscd ] && restart
+	[ ! -e /var/lock/subsys/nscd ] || restart
 	RETVAL=$?
 	;;
     force-reload | reload)
     	echo -n $"Reloading $prog: "
-	killproc /usr/sbin/nscd -HUP
-	RETVAL=$?
-	echo
+    	RETVAL=0
+    	/usr/sbin/nscd -i passwd || RETVAL=$?
+    	/usr/sbin/nscd -i group || RETVAL=$?
+    	/usr/sbin/nscd -i hosts || RETVAL=$?
+    	/usr/sbin/nscd -i services || RETVAL=$?
+    	echo
 	;;
     *)
 	echo $"Usage: $0 {start|stop|status|restart|reload|condrestart}"