Can't Detach from a startup script

I'm trying to run Maple12 from my Debian box. I've hacked a startup script together that looks like this:

<Beginning of Script>
==============
#! /bin/sh

# Maple 12
# I hacked this script from a copy of the "lisa" start-up script; no guarantees that it works properly.
# Kent West, 14 June 2007
#

PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
DAEMON=/usr/local/Maple_Network_Tools/FLEXlm/lmgrd
OPT=" -c /usr/local/Maple_Network_Tools/activate/Maple12.lic -l /var/log/maplelicense"
NAME=lmgrd
PIDFILE=/var/run/$NAME.pid
DESC="Maple License Server"
USER=maple

test -f $DAEMON || exit 0

set -e

case "$1" in
start)
echo -n "Starting $DESC: "
start-stop-daemon -c $USER --start --quiet --pidfile $PIDFILE --exec $DAEMON -- $OPT \
> /dev/null
echo $(pidof lmgrd) > $PIDFILE
echo "$NAME."
;;
stop)
echo -n "Stopping $DESC: "
start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --oknodo --pidfile $PIDFILE \
--exec $DAEMON
rm -f $PIDFILE
echo "$NAME."
;;
reload|force-reload)
echo "Reloading $DESC configuration files."
start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --signal 1 --pidfile $PIDFILE \
--exec $DAEMON
;;
restart)
echo -n "Restarting $DESC: "
start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --oknodo --pidfile $PIDFILE \
--exec $DAEMON
rm -f $PIDFILE
sleep 1
start-stop-daemon -c $USER --start --quiet --pidfile $PIDFILE --exec $DAEMON -- $OPT \
> /dev/null
echo $(pidof lmgrd) > $PIDFILE
echo "$NAME."
;;
*)
N=/etc/init.d/$NAME
echo "Usage: $N {start|stop|restart|reload|force-reload}" >&2
exit 1
;;
esac

exit 0

============
</End of Script>

Tonight I added in the "-c $USER" piece under the "start" and "restart" stanzas, because otherwise the deamon was running as root, which is not recommended by makers of Maple. (I created a user named "maple" and set the shell to /bin/false; anything else I should do to tighten the security on that user?)

Before I made this change, I could ssh into the box, run "sudo /etc/init.d/maplelicense start", and then exit from my ssh session.

Now when I run the script, my ssh session won't let go; it just hangs after I type "exit". If I ssh in from another shell and run "sudo /etc/init.d/maplelicense stop", my first ssh session then terminates.

I see from the start-stop-daemon man page that I might can throw in a "-b" to force a detachment, but is that the correct way to fix my problem? The man page suggests that this should be a last resort.

Thanks!


--
Kent West <")))><
Westing Peacefully - http://kentwest.blogspot.com


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