/etc/init.d/pptptunnel: success()/failure() are called with no args in start()/stop(), which means no information about what kind of event happened is sent to the log. This makes the log not so useful. I suggest the patch attached. --- service pptptunnel restart results in smth like: pptptunnel: succeeded pptptunnel: succeeded in the log. --- pptp-client-1.2.0-alt1