Update: Here is the init.d script for transmission-daemon:
#!/bin/sh -e
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides: transmission-daemon
# Required-Start: $local_fs $remote_fs $network
# Required-Stop: $local_fs $remote_fs $network
# Default-Start: 2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop: 0 1 6
# Short-Description: Start or stop the transmission-daemon.
### END INIT INFO
NAME=transmission-daemon
DAEMON=/usr/bin/$NAME
USER=debian-transmission
STOP_TIMEOUT=30
export PATH="${PATH:+$PATH:}/sbin"
[ -x $DAEMON ] || exit 0
[ -e /etc/default/$NAME ] && . /etc/default/$NAME
. /lib/lsb/init-functions
start_daemon () {
if [ $ENABLE_DAEMON != 1 ]; then
log_progress_msg "(disabled)"
log_end_msg 255 || true
else
start-stop-daemon --start \
--chuid $USER \
$START_STOP_OPTIONS \
--exec $DAEMON -- $OPTIONS || log_end_msg $?
log_end_msg 0
fi
}
case "$1" in
start)
log_daemon_msg "Starting bittorrent daemon" "$NAME"
start_daemon
;;
stop)
log_daemon_msg "Stopping bittorrent daemon" "$NAME"
start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet \
--exec $DAEMON --retry $STOP_TIMEOUT \
--oknodo || log_end_msg $?
log_end_msg 0
;;
reload)
log_daemon_msg "Reloading bittorrent daemon" "$NAME"
start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet \
--exec $DAEMON \
--oknodo --signal 1 || log_end_msg $?
log_end_msg 0
;;
restart|force-reload)
log_daemon_msg "Restarting bittorrent daemon" "$NAME"
start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet \
--exec $DAEMON --retry $STOP_TIMEOUT \
--oknodo || log_end_msg $?
start_daemon
;;
status)
status_of_proc "$DAEMON" "$NAME" && exit 0 || exit $?
;;
*)
log_action_msg "Usage: /etc/init.d/$NAME {start|stop|reload|force-reload|restart|status}" || true
exit 2
;;
esac
exit 0