start script problem (fedora ircd-hybrid rpm)

[Ofer Inbar]

I installed ircd-hybrid-7.2.3-5.fc9.i386 on a Fedora 9 host.
Went through the config file and set up everything as I want it,
for a single-server net for a local office.

When I try to start it using the supplied start script, it appears to
start but then the ircd is not running:

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#service ircd start
Starting ircd: ircd: version hybrid-7.2.3
ircd: pid 31005
ircd: running in background mode from /usr/lib/ircd
                                                           [  OK  ]
#ps aux | grep irc
root     31008  0.0  0.0   4120   688 pts/1    S+   16:46   0:00 grep irc
#
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However, I can start it by just running "ircd" from a non-root account:

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/etc/ircd$ircd
ircd: version hybrid-7.2.3
ircd: pid 31091
ircd: running in background mode from /usr/lib/ircd
/etc/ircd$ps aux | grep ircd
cos      31091  0.2  1.0  15348 11156 ?        Ss   16:48   0:00 ircd
cos      31093  0.0  0.0   4120   688 pts/2    S+   16:48   0:00 grep ircd
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I could hack up my own start script, but the one supplied with hybrid
looks find to me and I'm not sure why it doesn't work.  Has anyone
else here had a similar problem?  Is this a known problem with the RPM?
Is there a way to get ircd to log what problem is causing it to quit?
(I don't see anything relevant in /var/log/messages)
  -- Cos