--- /dev/null
+#!/bin/sh
+# OSSEC Controls OSSEC HIDS
+# Author: Daniel B. Cid <dcid@ossec.net>
+# Modified for Debian by Michael Starks (patch by Costas Drogos)
+
+### BEGIN INIT INFO
+# Provides: ossec
+# Required-Start: $remote_fs $syslog
+# Required-Stop: $remote_fs $syslog
+# Should-Start: $network
+# Should-Stop: $network
+# Default-Start: 2 3 4 5
+# Default-Stop: 0 1 6
+# Short-Description: Start and stop OSSEC HIDS
+# Description: Controls OSSEC HIDS daemons
+#
+### END INIT INFO
+
+. /etc/ossec-init.conf
+if [ "X${DIRECTORY}" = "X" ]; then
+ DIRECTORY="/var/ossec"
+fi
+
+
+start() {
+ ${DIRECTORY}/bin/ossec-control start
+}
+
+stop() {
+ ${DIRECTORY}/bin/ossec-control stop
+}
+
+status() {
+ ${DIRECTORY}/bin/ossec-control status
+}
+
+
+case "$1" in
+ start)
+ start
+ ;;
+ stop)
+ stop
+ ;;
+ restart)
+ stop
+ start
+ ;;
+ status)
+ status
+ ;;
+ *)
+ echo "*** Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart|status}"
+ exit 1
+esac
+
+exit 0