I attached ngircd.init for CentOS 5.x. It works on CentOS 5.3.


#!/bin/sh
#
# ngIRCd start and stop script for Debian-based systems
# Copyright 2008,2009 Alexander Barton <alex@barton.de>
#
# chkconfig: - 25 01
# description: ngIRCd is an Open Source server for \
#              the Internet Relay Chat (IRC), which \
#              is developed and published under \
#              the terms of the GNU General Public
#              Licence (URL: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html). \
#              ngIRCd means "next generation IRC daemon", \
#              it's written from scratch and not deduced from the \
#              "grandfather of IRC daemons", the daemon of the IRCNet.
#
# processname: /usr/sbin/ngircd
# config: /etc/ngircd
# pidfile: /var/run/ngircd.pid

PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
DAEMON=/usr/sbin/ngircd
NAME=ngIRCd
BASENAME=ngircd
CONF=/etc/$BASENAME.conf
DESC="IRC daemon"
PARAMS="-f $CONF"

# Source function library.
. /etc/init.d/functions

# Get config.
test -f /etc/sysconfig/network && . /etc/sysconfig/network
test -f /etc/sysconfig/makuosan && . /etc/sysconfig/makuosan


# Check that networking is up.
[ "${NETWORKING}" = "yes" ] || exit 0

[ -x $DAEMON ] || exit 1
[ -f $CONF ] || exit 2

RETVAL=0

start(){
    echo -n $"Starting $NAME: "
    daemon $DAEMON $PARAMS
    RETVAL=$?
    [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && touch /var/lock/subsys/$BASENAME
    echo
    return $RETVAL
}

stop(){
    echo -n $"Stopping $NAME: "
    killproc $DAEMON
    RETVAL=$?
    if [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] ; then
        rm -f /var/lock/subsys/$BASENAME
    fi
    echo
    return $RETVAL
}

reload(){
    echo -n $"Reloading configuration: "	
    killproc $DAEMON -HUP
    RETVAL=$?
    echo
    return $RETVAL
}

restart(){
    stop
    start
}

condrestart(){
    [ -e /var/lock/subsys/$BASENAME ] && restart
    return 0
}

check_config(){
     $DAEMON $PARAMS --configtest >/dev/null 2>&1
     [ $? -eq 0 ] && return 0

     echo -n $"Configuration of $NAME is not valid, won't (re)start!"	
     echo -n $"Run \"$DAEMON --configtest\" and fix it up ..."	
     exit 6
}


# See how we were called.
case "$1" in
    start)
        check_config
	start
	;;
    stop)
	stop
	;;
    status)
	status $NAME
	;;
    restart)
	restart
	;;
    reload)
	reload
	;;
    condrestart)
	condrestart
	;;
    test)
        check_config
        ;;
    *)
	echo $"Usage: $0 {start|stop|status|restart|condrestart|reload|test}"
	RETVAL=1
esac

exit $RETVAL

I included your script in ngIRCd 14.1 (which has been/will be released today)
as "contrib/ngircd-
redhat.init".

Thanks a lot, Naoya!

This new init script is included in ngIRCd release 14.1 as "contrib/ngircd-
redhat.init".