--- ./sphinx.init
+++ ./sphinx.init
@@ -15,13 +15,13 @@ WITHOUT_RC_COMPAT=1
 # Source function library.
 . /etc/init.d/functions

-PIDFILE=/var/run/searchd.pid
+PIDFILE=/var/run/sphinx/searchd.pid
 LOCKFILE=/var/lock/subsys/searchd
 RETVAL=0

 start()
 {
-       start_daemon --pidfile "$PIDFILE" --lockfile "$LOCKFILE" --expect-user _sphinx -- /usr/bin/searchd
+       start_daemon --pidfile "$PIDFILE" --lockfile "$LOCKFILE" --expect-user _sphinx --set-user _sphinx -- /usr/bin/searchd
        RETVAL=$?
        return $RETVAL
 }