diff --git a/squid.init b/squid.init
index a71e3b1..eb93293 100644
--- a/squid.init
+++ b/squid.init
@@ -36,16 +36,10 @@ SQUID_SHUTDOWN_TIMEOUT=${SQUID_SHUTDOWN_TIMEOUT:-100}
 # determine the name of the squid binary
 [ -f /usr/sbin/squid ] && SQUID=squid
 
-if [ $1 -ne 'status' ]; then
-	[ -z "$SQUID" ] && exit 1
-
-	# Check that networking is up.
-	[ ${NETWORKING} = "no" ] && exit 1
-
-	# check if the squid conf file is present
-	[ -f /etc/squid/squid.conf ] || exit 6
-else 
+if [ $1 == 'status' ]; then
 	[ -z "$SQUID" ] && exit 4
+else 
+	[ -z "$SQUID" ] && exit 1
 fi
 
 prog="$SQUID"
@@ -57,12 +51,22 @@ CACHE_SWAP=`sed -e 's/#.*//g' /etc/squid/squid.conf | \
 
 RETVAL=0
 
+probe() {
+	# Check that networking is up.
+	[ ${NETWORKING} = "no" ] && exit 1
+
+	# check if the squid conf file is present
+	[ -f /etc/squid/squid.conf ] || exit 6
+}    
+
 start() {
+	probe
+
     for adir in $CACHE_SWAP; do
-        if [ ! -d $adir/00 ]; then 
-	     echo -n "init_cache_dir $adir... "
-	     $SQUID -z -F -D >> /var/log/squid/squid.out 2>&1
-	fi
+		if [ ! -d $adir/00 ]; then 
+			 echo -n "init_cache_dir $adir... "
+			 $SQUID -z -F -D >> /var/log/squid/squid.out 2>&1
+		fi
     done
     echo -n $"Starting $prog: "
     $SQUID $SQUID_OPTS >> /var/log/squid/squid.out 2>&1
@@ -129,9 +133,6 @@ rhstatus() {
     status $SQUID && $SQUID -k check
 }
 
-probe() {
-    return 0
-}    
 
 case "$1" in
 start)
@@ -160,6 +161,7 @@ status)
 
 probe)
     probe
+	return 0
     ;;
 
 *)
diff --git a/squid.spec b/squid.spec
index a14440c..1820562 100644
--- a/squid.spec
+++ b/squid.spec
@@ -190,8 +190,8 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %dir %{_datadir}/squid
 %config(noreplace) %{_datadir}/squid/errors
 %config(noreplace) /etc/squid/icons
-%config(noreplace) /etc/rc.d/init.d/squid
-%config(noreplace) /etc/logrotate.d/squid
+%attr(755,root,root) /etc/rc.d/init.d/squid
+%attr(755,root,root) /etc/logrotate.d/squid
 %{_datadir}/squid/icons
 %{_sbindir}/squid
 %{_sbindir}/squidclient