diff -up radvd-1.2/redhat/radvd.init.posix radvd-1.2/redhat/radvd.init
--- radvd-1.2/redhat/radvd.init.posix	2009-04-27 21:56:39.000000000 +0200
+++ radvd-1.2/redhat/radvd.init	2009-04-27 21:59:22.000000000 +0200
@@ -28,12 +28,6 @@
 
 [ -f /etc/sysconfig/radvd ] && . /etc/sysconfig/radvd
 
-if [ "$1" == "status" ]; then
-	[ -f /usr/sbin/radvd ] || exit 4
-else 
-	[ -f /usr/sbin/radvd ] || exit 1
-fi
-
 RETVAL=0
 PROG="radvd"
 LOCKFILE=/var/lock/subsys/radvd
@@ -41,10 +35,14 @@ LOCKFILE=/var/lock/subsys/radvd
 # See how we were called.
 case "$1" in
   start)
-
-	# Check that networking is up.	
-	[ "${NETWORKING_IPV6}" = "yes" ] || exit 1
-
+	if [ ! -f /etc/radvd.conf ]; then
+		echo "Configuration file /etc/radvd.conf missing" 1>&2
+		exit 6
+		fi
+	if [ ! -x /usr/sbin/radvd ]; then
+		echo "Insufficient privilege" 1>&2
+		exit 4
+	fi
 	echo -n $"Starting $PROG: "
 	daemon radvd $OPTIONS
 	RETVAL=$?