start() {
        echo -n $"Starting ejabberd: "
        daemon --user=ejabberd --check=ejabberd \
        "erl" "-pa /usr/local/lib/ejabberd/ebin \
                -sname ejabberd \
                -s ejabberd \
                -ejabberd config \\\"/etc/ejabberd/ejabberd.cfg\\\" \
                        log_path \\\"/var/log/ejabberd/ejabberd.log\\\" \
                -sasl sasl_error_logger \\{file,\\\"/var/log/ejabberd/sasl.log\\\"\\} \
                -mnesia dir \\\"/var/lib/ejabberd/spool\\\" \
                -detached"
        RETVAL=$?
        [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && touch /var/lock/subsys/ejabberd
        echo
        return $RETVAL
}