diff --git a/kadmind.init b/kadmind.init
index 5782d06..5e97a91 100755
--- a/kadmind.init
+++ b/kadmind.init
@@ -14,9 +14,6 @@
 # Get config.
 . /etc/sysconfig/network
 
-# Check that networking is up.
-[ ${NETWORKING} = "no" ] && exit 0
-
 # Get config.
 [ -r /etc/sysconfig/kadmin ] && . /etc/sysconfig/kadmin
 
@@ -34,13 +31,14 @@ start() {
 	    # then we don't know for sure that this is an error.
   	    if ! grep -q 'db_library.*=.*kldap' /etc/krb5.conf ; then
 	        echo $"Error. Default principal database does not exist."
-	        exit 0
+	        exit 1
 	    fi
 	fi
   	if [ -f /var/kerberos/krb5kdc/kpropd.acl ] ; then
 	    echo $"Error. This appears to be a slave server, found kpropd.acl"
-	    exit 0
+	    exit 6
 	else
+	[ -x $kadmind ] || exit 5
   	    if [ ! -f /var/kerberos/krb5kdc/kadm5.keytab ] ; then
 		echo -n $"Extracting kadm5 Service Keys: "
 		# This should always work.
@@ -97,7 +95,7 @@ case "$1" in
 	;;
   *)
 	echo $"Usage: $0 {start|stop|status|condrestart|reload|restart}"
-	RETVAL=1
+	RETVAL=2
 	;;
 esac
 
diff --git a/kpropd.init b/kpropd.init
index e4bd3b7..d0ecee2 100755
--- a/kpropd.init
+++ b/kpropd.init
@@ -12,9 +12,6 @@
 # Get config.
 . /etc/sysconfig/network
 
-# Check that networking is up.
-[ ${NETWORKING} = "no" ] && exit 0
-
 # Source function library.
 . /etc/init.d/functions
 
@@ -22,11 +19,10 @@ RETVAL=0
 prog="Kerberos 5 Propagation Server"
 kpropd=/usr/kerberos/sbin/kpropd
 
-# Sheel functions to cut down on useless shell instances.
+# Shell functions to cut down on useless shell instances.
 start() {
-  	if [ ! -f /var/kerberos/krb5kdc/kpropd.acl ] ; then
-	    exit 0
-	fi
+  	[ -f /var/kerberos/krb5kdc/kpropd.acl ] || exit 6
+	[ -x $kpropd ] || exit 5
 	echo -n $"Starting $prog: "
 	daemon ${kpropd} -S
 	RETVAL=$?
@@ -65,7 +61,7 @@ case "$1" in
 	;;
   *)
 	echo $"Usage: $0 {start|stop|status|restart|condrestart}"
-	RETVAL=1
+	RETVAL=2
 	;;
 esac
 
diff --git a/krb5.spec b/krb5.spec
index f613307..54626cf 100644
--- a/krb5.spec
+++ b/krb5.spec
@@ -222,6 +222,13 @@ to obtain initial credentials from a KDC using a private key and a
 certificate.
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Jan  2 2007 Nalin Dahyabhai <nalin@redhat.com> 1.6.3-4
+- some init script cleanups
+  - drop unquoted check and silent exit for "$NETWORKING" (#426852, #242500)
+  - krb524: don't barf on missing database if it looks like we're using kldap,
+    same as for kadmin
+  - return non-zero status for missing files which cause startup to fail
+
 * Tue Dec 18 2007 Nalin Dahyabhai <nalin@redhat.com> 1.6.3-3
 - allocate space for the nul-terminator in the local pathname when looking up
   a file context, and properly free a previous context (Jose Plans, #426085)
diff --git a/krb524d.init b/krb524d.init
index bf45b32..c0cc610 100755
--- a/krb524d.init
+++ b/krb524d.init
@@ -13,9 +13,6 @@
 # Get config.
 . /etc/sysconfig/network
 
-# Check that networking is up.
-[ ${NETWORKING} = "no" ] && exit 0
-
 # Get config.
 [ -r /etc/sysconfig/krb524 ] && . /etc/sysconfig/krb524
 
@@ -29,8 +26,14 @@ krb524d=/usr/kerberos/sbin/krb524d
 # Shell functions to cut down on unnecessary shell invocations.
 start() {
   	if [ ! -f /var/kerberos/krb5kdc/principal ] ; then
-	    exit 0
+	    # Make an educated guess -- if they're using kldap somewhere,
+	    # then we don't know for sure that this is an error.
+  	    if ! grep -q 'db_library.*=.*kldap' /etc/krb5.conf ; then
+	        echo $"Error. Default principal database does not exist."
+	        exit 6
+	    fi
 	fi
+	[ -x $krb524d ] || exit 5
 	echo -n $"Starting $prog: "
 	daemon ${krb524d} ${KRB524D_ARGS:--m}
 	RETVAL=$?
@@ -68,7 +71,7 @@ case "$1" in
 	;;
   *)
 	echo $"Usage: $0 {start|stop|status|restart|condrestart}"
-	RETVAL=1
+	RETVAL=2
 	;;
 esac
 
diff --git a/krb5kdc.init b/krb5kdc.init
index 76cb56c..18d530e 100755
--- a/krb5kdc.init
+++ b/krb5kdc.init
@@ -13,9 +13,6 @@
 # Get config.
 . /etc/sysconfig/network
 
-# Check that networking is up.
-[ ${NETWORKING} = "no" ] && exit 0
-
 # Get config.
 [ -r /etc/sysconfig/krb5kdc ] && . /etc/sysconfig/krb5kdc
 
@@ -26,8 +23,9 @@ RETVAL=0
 prog="Kerberos 5 KDC"
 krb5kdc=/usr/kerberos/sbin/krb5kdc
 
-# Sheel functions to cut down on useless shell instances.
+# Shell functions to cut down on useless shell instances.
 start() {
+	[ -x $krb5kdc ] || exit 5
 	echo -n $"Starting $prog: "
 	daemon ${krb5kdc} ${KRB5REALM:+-r ${KRB5REALM}} $KRB5KDC_ARGS
 	RETVAL=$?
@@ -75,7 +73,7 @@ case "$1" in
 	;;
   *)
 	echo $"Usage: $0 {start|stop|status|reload|restart|condrestart}"
-	RETVAL=1
+	RETVAL=2
 	;;
 esac