# Running init.d script on Gentoo produces "daemon: command not found” **URL:** \ **Category:** Beats\ **Tags:** packetbeat\ **Created:** [August 31, 2017, 5:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/running-init-d-script-on-gentoo-produces-daemon-command-not-found/98938 "2017-08-31T05:34:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![stefansaye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df788c/32.png) [@stefansaye](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stefansaye)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2017, 5:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/running-init-d-script-on-gentoo-produces-daemon-command-not-found/98938/1 "2017-08-31T05:34:29Z")
Hi Hi! Can u help me pls? Why is it not starting? packetbeat is running with same configuration. ``` govind :~ # /etc/init.d/packetbeat start Starting packetbeat: 2017/08/31 05:21:07.173725 beat.go:285: INFO Home path: [/usr/share /packetbeat] Config path: [/etc/packetbeat] Data path: [/var/lib/packetbeat] Logs path: [/var/log/packetbeat] 2017/08/31 05:21:07.173746 beat.go:186: INFO Setup Beat: packetbeat; Version: 5.5.2 2017/08/31 05:21:07.173871 metrics.go:23: INFO Metrics logging every 30s 2017/08/31 05:21:07.173941 output.go:258: INFO Loading template enabled. Reading template file: /etc/packetbeat/packetbeat.template.json 2017/08/31 05:21:07.174910 output.go:269: INFO Loading template enabled for Elasticsearch 2.x. Reading template file: /etc/packetbeat/packetbeat.template-es2x.json 2017/08/31 05:21:07.175887 output.go:281: INFO Loading template enabled for Elasticsearch 6.x. Reading template file: /etc/packetbeat/packetbeat.template-es6x.json 2017/08/31 05:21:07.176777 client.go:128: INFO Elasticsearch url: http://192.168.3.122:9201 2017/08/31 05:21:07.176796 client.go:128: INFO Elasticsearch url: http://192.168.3.122:9202 2017/08/31 05:21:07.176804 client.go:128: INFO Elasticsearch url: http://192.168.3.122:9203 2017/08/31 05:21:07.176824 client.go:128: INFO Elasticsearch url: http://192.168.3.122:9204 2017/08/31 05:21:07.176833 client.go:128: INFO Elasticsearch url: http://192.168.3.122:9206 2017/08/31 05:21:07.177146 outputs.go:108: INFO Activated elasticsearch as output plugin. 2017/08/31 05:21:07.177255 publish.go:295: INFO Publisher name: packetbeat 2017/08/31 05:21:07.177465 async.go:63: INFO Flush Interval set to: 1s 2017/08/31 05:21:07.177473 async.go:64: INFO Max Bulk Size set to: 50 2017/08/31 05:21:07.177577 procs.go:79: INFO Process matching disabled 2017/08/31 05:21:07.177718 protos.go:89: INFO registered protocol plugin: mysql 2017/08/31 05:21:07.177725 protos.go:89: INFO registered protocol plugin: nfs 2017/08/31 05:21:07.177730 protos.go:89: INFO registered protocol plugin: dns 2017/08/31 05:21:07.177747 protos.go:89: INFO registered protocol plugin: http 2017/08/31 05:21:07.177751 protos.go:89: INFO registered protocol plugin: memcache 2017/08/31 05:21:07.177756 protos.go:89: INFO registered protocol plugin: pgsql 2017/08/31 05:21:07.177760 protos.go:89: INFO registered protocol plugin: redis 2017/08/31 05:21:07.177765 protos.go:89: INFO registered protocol plugin: thrift 2017/08/31 05:21:07.177770 protos.go:89: INFO registered protocol plugin: amqp 2017/08/31 05:21:07.177803 protos.go:89: INFO registered protocol plugin: cassandra 2017/08/31 05:21:07.177807 protos.go:89: INFO registered protocol plugin: mongodb Config OK /etc/init.d/packetbeat: line 55: daemon: command not found ``` my System specification ``` govind ~/packetbeat-5.5.2-darwin-x86_64 # uname -m x86_64 govind ~/packetbeat-5.5.2-darwin-x86_64 # cat /etc/gentoo-release Gentoo Base System release 2.3 govind ~/packetbeat-5.5.2-darwin-x86_64 # uname -r 4.12.5-gentoo-v1 ``` Please help Thanks ---
**Author:** ![andrewkroh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/andrewkroh/32/3784_2.png) [@andrewkroh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/andrewkroh)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2017, 8:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/running-init-d-script-on-gentoo-produces-daemon-command-not-found/98938/2 "2017-09-01T20:26:04Z")
> [@stefansaye](#): > > daemon: command not found `daemon` is a function found on RHEL based systems in ` /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions`. We don't test on Gentoo, but it would be nice to have our scripts work there. Sounds like some changes will be needed to get it working there. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2017, 1:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/running-init-d-script-on-gentoo-produces-daemon-command-not-found/98938/4 "2017-09-30T13:16:48Z")
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