--- /etc/rc.d/init.d/ntp	2009-05-05 14:41:50.439195519 -0700
+++ /etc/rc.d/init.d/ntp_new	2009-05-05 14:32:13.949685504 -0700
@@ -7,13 +7,13 @@
 . /etc/sysconfig/rc
 . $rc_functions
 
+DAEMON=/usr/sbin/ntpd
 pidfile=/var/run/ntpd.pid
 
 case "$1" in
 	start)
 		boot_mesg "Starting ntpd..."
-		ntpd -gqx
-		loadproc -p $pidfile /usr/sbin/ntpd
+		loadproc $DAEMON -gxp $pidfile
 		;;
 
 	stop)