start() {
    conf1=`authlog.conf /var/log/auth.log`
    conf2=`syslog.conf /var/log/syslog`
    nohup ./serial2 $conf1 &
    nohup ./serial2 $conf2 &
}

case "$1" in
start)
    start
    ;;
stop)
    stop
    ;;
restart)
    restart
    ;;
*)
    echo $"Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart|status}"
    RETVAL=2
esac