Index: utils/redis_init_script
===================================================================
--- utils/redis_init_script.orig
+++ utils/redis_init_script
@@ -1,28 +1,39 @@
 #!/bin/sh
+### BEGIN INIT INFO
+# Provides:          redis
+# Required-Start:    $syslog $remote_fs
+# Should-Start:
+# Required-Stop:     $syslog $remote_fs
+# Should-Stop:
+# Default-Start:     3 5
+# Default-Stop:      0 1 2 6
+# Short-Description: Redis server
+# Description:       Manages the Redis server
+### END INIT INFO
 
 REDISPORT=6379
-EXEC=/usr/local/bin/redis-server
+EXEC=/usr/sbin/redis-server
 
-PIDFILE=/var/run/redis_${REDISPORT}.pid
-CONF="/etc/redis/${REDISPORT}.conf"
+PIDFILE=/var/run/redis.pid
+CONF=/etc/redis.conf
 
 case "$1" in
     start)
         if [ -f $PIDFILE ]
         then
-                echo -n "$PIDFILE exists, process is already running or crashed\n"
+                echo "$PIDFILE exists, process is already running or crashed"
         else
-                echo -n "Starting Redis server...\n"
+                echo "Starting Redis server..."
                 $EXEC $CONF
         fi
         ;;
     stop)
         if [ ! -f $PIDFILE ]
         then
-                echo -n "$PIDFILE does not exist, process is not running\n"
+                echo  "$PIDFILE does not exist, process is not running"
         else
-                echo -n "Stopping ...\n"
-                echo -n "SHUTDOWN\r\n" | nc localhost $REDISPORT &
+                echo "Stopping ..."
+                echo -e "SHUTDOWN\r" | netcat localhost $REDISPORT &
                 PID=$(cat $PIDFILE)
                 while [ -x /proc/${PIDFILE} ]
                 do
@@ -33,4 +44,15 @@ case "$1" in
                 echo "Redis stopped"
         fi
         ;;
+    status)
+        if [ ! -f $PIDFILE ]
+        then
+                echo  "$PIDFILE does not exist, process is not running"
+        else
+                echo  "$PIDFILE does exist, process is running"
+        fi
+        ;;
+    *)
+        echo "Usage: $0 [start|stop|status]"
+        ;;
 esac