diff --git a/warden_filer/warden_filer_receiver b/warden_filer/warden_filer_receiver
index 4ecebfbc745de43e207f305b8866dd872a0960d3..59d0a871fc097b4e905e2575b6fa12cdb08d31cf 100755
--- a/warden_filer/warden_filer_receiver
+++ b/warden_filer/warden_filer_receiver
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ done
 function log_daemon_msg () { echo -n "$@"; }
 function log_end_msg () { [ $1 -eq 0 ] && echo " OK" || echo " Failed"; }
 function status_of_proc () { [ -f "$PID" ] && ps u -p $(<"$PID") || echo "$PID not found."; }
+function start_daemon () { shift; shift; $* ; }
+function killproc () { kill $(cat $PID) ; }
 
 [ -f /lib/lsb/init-functions ] && . /lib/lsb/init-functions
 
diff --git a/warden_filer/warden_filer_sender b/warden_filer/warden_filer_sender
index 358c3fe0ed38d8421561e46cc9b6ee134fd3f1d1..795f135081d702baf547e1b0ee85b02077185486 100755
--- a/warden_filer/warden_filer_sender
+++ b/warden_filer/warden_filer_sender
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ done
 function log_daemon_msg () { echo -n "$@"; }
 function log_end_msg () { [ $1 -eq 0 ] && echo " OK" || echo " Failed"; }
 function status_of_proc () { [ -f "$PID" ] && ps u -p $(<"$PID") || echo "$PID not found."; }
+function start_daemon () { shift; shift; $* ; }
+function killproc () { kill $(cat $PID) ; }
 
 [ -f /lib/lsb/init-functions ] && . /lib/lsb/init-functions