The problems seems to lie in how quoting is done in /lib/lsb/init-functions.
A workaround is to replace: args="--start --chdir '$PWD' --nicelevel $nice --quiet --oknodo" by args="--start --chdir $PWD --nicelevel $nice --quiet --oknodo" ( /lib/lsb/init-functions line 52 ) This workaround will not work if there is a space in the name of the directory being chdir'd to, but this looks rather unlikely. DD -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-rc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org