--- ganglia.git.orig/gmetad/gmetad.service.in	2014-02-27 16:17:31.133435913 +0100
+++ ganglia.git/gmetad/gmetad.service.in	2014-02-27 17:03:09.127378689 +0100
@@ -3,8 +3,10 @@
 After=network.target
 
 [Service]
-ExecStart=@sbindir@/gmetad -f
-User=ganglia
+Type=forking
+PIDFile=@runstatedir@/gmetad.pid
+ExecStart=@sbindir@/gmetad --pid-file=@runstatedir@/gmetad.pid
+EnvironmentFile=-@envdir@/gmetad
 
 [Install]
 WantedBy=multi-user.target