diff -uNr torque-2.5.2.ORIG/contrib/init.d/pbs_mom torque-2.5.2/contrib/init.d/pbs_mom
--- torque-2.5.2.ORIG/contrib/init.d/pbs_mom	2010-10-14 23:20:58.500633494 +0200
+++ torque-2.5.2/contrib/init.d/pbs_mom	2010-10-14 23:36:00.369403267 +0200
@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@
 case "$1" in
 	start)
 		echo -n "Starting TORQUE Mom: "
+                status pbs_mom 2>&1 > /dev/null
+                RET=$?
+                [ $RET -eq 0 ] && echo -n "pbs_mom already running" && success && echo && exit 0
                 # ulimit -c unlimited  # Uncomment this to preserve core files
 		daemon $PBS_DAEMON $args -d $PBS_HOME
 		RET=$?
@@ -67,6 +70,9 @@
 		;;
 	stop)
 		echo -n "Shutting down TORQUE Mom: "
+                status pbs_mom 2>&1 > /dev/null
+                RET=$?
+                [ ! $RET -eq 0 ] && echo -n "pbs_mom already stopped" && success && echo && exit 0
 		kill_pbs_mom
 		RET=$?
 		[ $RET -eq 0 ] && success "shutdown" || failure "shutdown"
diff -uNr torque-2.5.2.ORIG/contrib/init.d/pbs_sched torque-2.5.2/contrib/init.d/pbs_sched
--- torque-2.5.2.ORIG/contrib/init.d/pbs_sched	2010-10-14 23:20:58.500633494 +0200
+++ torque-2.5.2/contrib/init.d/pbs_sched	2010-10-14 23:38:04.275381652 +0200
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@
 case "$1" in
 	start) 
 		echo -n "Starting TORQUE Scheduler: "
+                status pbs_sched 2>&1 > /dev/null
+                RET=$?
+                [ $RET -eq 0 ] && echo -n "pbs_sched already running" && success && echo && exit 0
+
 		daemon $PBS_DAEMON -d $PBS_HOME
 		RET=$?
 		[ $RET -eq 0 ] && touch /var/lock/subsys/pbs_sched
@@ -27,6 +31,9 @@
 		;;
 	stop)
 		echo -n "Shutting down TORQUE Scheduler: "
+                status pbs_sched 2>&1 > /dev/null
+                RET=$?
+                [ ! $RET -eq 0 ] && echo -n "pbs_sched already stopped" && success && echo && exit 0
 		killproc pbs_sched
 		RET=$?
 		rm -f /var/lock/subsys/pbs_sched
diff -uNr torque-2.5.2.ORIG/contrib/init.d/pbs_server torque-2.5.2/contrib/init.d/pbs_server
--- torque-2.5.2.ORIG/contrib/init.d/pbs_server	2010-10-14 23:20:58.499634001 +0200
+++ torque-2.5.2/contrib/init.d/pbs_server	2010-10-14 23:37:06.460197422 +0200
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@
 case "$1" in
 	start) 
 		echo -n "Starting TORQUE Server: "
+                status pbs_server 2>&1 > /dev/null
+                RET=$?
+                [ $RET -eq 0 ] && echo -n "pbs_server already running" && success && echo && exit 0
+
                 # ulimit -c unlimited  # Uncomment this to preserve core files
 		if [ -r $PBS_HOME/server_priv/serverdb ]
 		then
@@ -51,6 +55,9 @@
 		;;
 	stop)
 		echo -n "Shutting down TORQUE Server: "
+                status pbs_server 2>&1 > /dev/null
+                RET=$?
+                [ ! $RET -eq 0 ] && echo -n "pbs_server already stopped" && success && echo && exit 0
 		killproc pbs_server
 		RET=$?
 		rm -f /var/lock/subsys/pbs_server