Assume that which and dirname are found in PATH, don't harcode your custom PATH. --- utils/opcontrol.orig 2011-12-16 16:32:00.405576367 +0100 +++ utils/opcontrol 2011-12-16 16:32:25.755959905 +0100 @@ -2156,8 +2156,8 @@ help_start_daemon_with_ibs() # determine the location of opcontrol and related programs if test -z "$OPDIR"; then BINDIR="/usr/bin" - OPCONTROL=`$BINDIR/which $0` - OPDIR=`$BINDIR/dirname $OPCONTROL` + OPCONTROL=`which $0` + OPDIR=`dirname $OPCONTROL` fi PATH=$OPDIR:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin