2 files changed, 21 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/net-mgmt/net-snmp4/Makefile b/net-mgmt/net-snmp4/Makefile
index f7de629c1338..a6810058b6bc 100644
--- a/net-mgmt/net-snmp4/Makefile
+++ b/net-mgmt/net-snmp4/Makefile
@@ -66,9 +66,7 @@ post-install:
 		${INSTALL_DATA} $$F ${PREFIX}/share/examples/ucd-snmp ; done
 	@if [ ! -f ${STARTUP_FILE} ]; then \
 		${ECHO} "Creating ${PREFIX}/etc/rc.d/snmpd.sh startup file."; \
-		${ECHO} "#!/bin/sh" > ${STARTUP_FILE}; \
-		${ECHO} "[ -x ${PREFIX}/sbin/snmpd ] && ${PREFIX}/sbin/snmpd && ${ECHO} -n ' snmpd'" >> ${STARTUP_FILE}; \
-		${CHMOD} 751 ${STARTUP_FILE}; \
+		${INSTALL_SCRIPT} -m 751 ${FILESDIR}/snmpd.sh.sample ${STARTUP_FILE}; \
 	 fi
 
 .include <bsd.port.post.mk>
diff --git a/net-mgmt/net-snmp4/files/snmpd.sh.sample b/net-mgmt/net-snmp4/files/snmpd.sh.sample
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..71f8b504ce81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net-mgmt/net-snmp4/files/snmpd.sh.sample
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+if ! PREFIX=$(expr $0 : "\(/.*\)/etc/rc\.d/$(basename $0)\$"); then
+    echo "$0: Cannot determine the PREFIX" >&2
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+case "$1" in
+start)
+	[ -x ${PREFIX}/sbin/snmpd ] && ${PREFIX}/sbin/snmpd && echo -n ' snmpd'
+	;;
+stop)
+	killall snmpd && echo -n ' snmpd'
+	;;
+*)
+	echo "Usage: `basename $0` {start|stop}" >&2
+	;;
+esac
+
+exit 0