Doesn't the mythtv-backend package have an "/etc/init.d/" script?
Also, you can't have looked very hard. (You'd have to adapt the "/usr/libexec/*" files for Debian.) mysqld.service from Fedora 18 (without comments): [Unit] Description=MySQL database server After=syslog.target After=network.target [Service] Type=simple User=mysql Group=mysql ExecStartPre=/usr/libexec/mysqld-prepare-db-dir %n ExecStart=/usr/bin/mysqld_safe --basedir=/usr ExecStartPost=/usr/libexec/mysqld-wait-ready $MAINPID TimeoutSec=300 PrivateTmp=true [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target mariadb.service from Fedora 20 (without comments): [Unit] Description=MariaDB database server After=syslog.target After=network.target [Service] Type=simple User=mysql Group=mysql ExecStartPre=/usr/libexec/mariadb-prepare-db-dir %n ExecStart=/usr/bin/mysqld_safe --basedir=/usr ExecStartPost=/usr/libexec/mariadb-wait-ready $MAINPID TimeoutSec=300 PrivateTmp=true [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org