The deamon() function in /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions will not start a
service if there is an existing process with the same name, becuase
pidofproc() finds it.  For instance, a user of my system runs a custom
httpd process, completely independent of the installed Apache server.  If I
issue the command "/etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd restart", it will fail, without
giving any indication that there was a problem.

This is a possible Denial of Service attack.  An unprivileged user can
interfere with the operation of any system services managed through
initscripts that uses the deamon() function.

Suggested fix:  add an argument to daemon() and pidofproc() for the
expected UID of the process, perhaps defaulting to root.  Or, by default
allow it to match only UIDs under 100.