diff --git a/sample.confd b/sample.confd
index 0abb80c6e89b2c2c746e9e893d9cde9218ff8892..eb0eecf7a6008a86e909ca3d71e936c43142f918 100644
--- a/sample.confd
+++ b/sample.confd
@@ -5,5 +5,3 @@
 #
 
 OPTS=""
-USER="nobody"
-GROUP="nobody"
diff --git a/sample.initd b/sample.initd
index 980c53e72d328bd61217bf0890ca619cd5d5cba1..42d03e07d22232e97c023b5f323ab128292b396a 100644
--- a/sample.initd
+++ b/sample.initd
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ depend() {
 
 start() {
 	ebegin "Starting ${NAME}"
-		start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --background \
-			--make-pidfile --pidfile /var/run/${NAME}.pid \
-			--chuid ${USER}:${GROUP} \
+		start-stop-daemon --start --quiet \
+			--pidfile /var/run/${NAME}.pid \
+			--chuid ${DAEMON_USER}:${DAEMON_GROUP} \
 			--exec ${DAEMON} -- ${OPTS}
 	eend $?
 }