diff --git a/ipmievd.service b/ipmievd.service
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+++ b/ipmievd.service
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+[Unit]
+Description=Ipmievd Daemon 
+After=syslog.target
+After=ipmi.service
+
+[Service]
+EnvironmentFile=-/etc/ipmievd
+ExecStart=/usr/sbin/ipmievd $IPMIEVD_OPTIONS
+Type=forking
+PIDFile=/var/run/ipmievd.pid
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/ipmievd.sysconf b/ipmievd.sysconf
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+IPMIEVD_OPTIONS="sel daemon pidfile=/var/run/ipmievd.pid"