diff -uNrp nbd-2.9.5.orig/nbd-server.c nbd-2.9.5/nbd-server.c
--- nbd-2.9.5.orig/nbd-server.c	2007-07-08 11:58:44.000000000 +0200
+++ nbd-2.9.5/nbd-server.c	2007-07-30 16:48:09.400856000 +0200
@@ -1323,17 +1323,17 @@ void destroy_pid_t(gpointer data) {
 void daemonize(SERVER* serve) {
 	FILE*pidf;
 
-	if(!(serve->port)) {
-		return;
-	}
-	if(daemon(0,0)<0) {
+	//if (!serve) {
+	//	return;
+	//}
+	if(daemon(0,0) < 0) {
 		err("daemon");
 	}
 	if(!*pidftemplate) {
 		if(serve) {
-			strncpy(pidftemplate, "/var/run/server.%d.pid", 255);
+			strncpy(pidftemplate, "/var/run/nbd-server.%d.pid", 255);
 		} else {
-			strncpy(pidftemplate, "/var/run/server.pid", 255);
+			strncpy(pidftemplate, "/var/run/nbd-server.pid", 255);
 		}
 	}
 	snprintf(pidfname, 255, pidftemplate, serve ? serve->port : 0);