diff --git a/conf.d/._cfg0000_hddtemp b/conf.d/._cfg0000_hddtemp
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+# Copyright 1999-2012 Gentoo Foundation
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+# $Id$
+
+# the hddtemp executable
+HDDTEMP_EXEC=/usr/sbin/hddtemp
+
+# various options to pass to the daemon
+HDDTEMP_OPTS="--listen=127.0.0.1"
+
+# a list of drives to check
+HDDTEMP_DRIVES="/dev/sda /dev/sdb"
+
diff --git a/init.d/._cfg0000_hddtemp b/init.d/._cfg0000_hddtemp
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+#!/sbin/runscript
+# Copyright 1999-2012 Gentoo Foundation
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+# $Id$
+
+depend() {
+	need localmount
+}
+
+start() {
+	ebegin "Starting hddtemp daemon"
+	/sbin/start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --exec ${HDDTEMP_EXEC} \
+	-- -d ${HDDTEMP_OPTS} ${HDDTEMP_DRIVES}
+	eend $?
+}
+
+stop() {
+	ebegin "Stopping hddtemp daemon"
+	start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --exec ${HDDTEMP_EXEC}
+	eend $?
+}
+
+