diff -ruN /usr/ports/net-mgmt/devmon/Makefile ./Makefile
--- /usr/ports/net-mgmt/devmon/Makefile	2013-03-02 14:20:12.000000000 -0600
+++ ./Makefile	2013-05-22 10:25:57.339578498 -0500
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 PORTNAME=	devmon
 DISTVERSION=	0.3.1-beta1
+PORTREVISION=	1
 CATEGORIES=	net-mgmt
 MASTER_SITES=	SF/${PORTNAME}/${PORTNAME}/${DISTVERSION}
 
@@ -17,6 +18,12 @@
 NO_BUILD=	yes
 USE_RC_SUBR=	devmon
 
+USERS=	devmon
+GROUPS=	devmon
+
+SUB_LIST=	USERS=${USERS} \
+		GROUPS=${GROUPS}
+
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	MYSQL
 
 .include <bsd.port.options.mk>
@@ -43,6 +50,7 @@
 	${INSTALL_DATA} ${WRKSRC}/README ${DOCSDIR}/
 	${INSTALL} -d ${DOCSDIR}/docs
 	${INSTALL} -d ${DOCSDIR}/extras
+	${INSTALL} -d -o ${USERS} -g ${GROUPS} /var/run/devmon
 	(cd ${WRKSRC}/docs && ${COPYTREE_SHARE} \* ${DOCSDIR}/docs/)
 	(cd ${WRKSRC}/extras && ${COPYTREE_SHARE} \* ${DOCSDIR}/extras/)
 .endif
diff -ruN /usr/ports/net-mgmt/devmon/files/devmon.in ./files/devmon.in
--- /usr/ports/net-mgmt/devmon/files/devmon.in	2013-03-02 14:20:12.000000000 -0600
+++ ./files/devmon.in	2013-05-22 10:22:57.939621835 -0500
@@ -1,56 +1,88 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # $FreeBSD: net-mgmt/devmon/files/devmon.in 313295 2013-03-02 20:20:12Z swills $
-
 # PROVIDE: devmon
 # REQUIRE: LOGIN
 # KEYWORD: shutdown
 
-: ${devmon_enable="NO"}
+. /etc/rc.subr
+
+name=devmon
+rcvar=devmon_enable
+load_rc_config ${name}
+
+: ${devmon_enable:=NO}
 : ${devmon_config="%%PREFIX%%/devmon/devmon.cfg"}
 : ${devmon_db="%%PREFIX%%/devmon/hosts.db"}
-: ${devmon_pid="/var/run/devmon.pid"}
+: ${devmon_pid="/var/run/devmon/devmon.pid"}
+: ${devmon_user="%%USERS%%"}
+: ${devmon_group="%%GROUPS%%"}
 
-. /etc/rc.subr
-
-name="devmon"
-rcvar="devmon_enable"
-load_rc_config $name
 command="%%PREFIX%%/devmon/devmon"
 command_args="-c ${devmon_config} -d ${devmon_db}"
-command_interpreter="/usr/bin/perl"
+command_interpreter=/usr/bin/perl
 pidfile=${devmon_pid}
 
-stop_cmd="devmon_stopcmd"
-status_cmd="devmon_statuscmd"
+start_precmd=devmon_startprecmd
+status_cmd=devmon_statuscmd
+stop_cmd=devmon_stopcmd
+
+devmon_startprecmd()
+{
+	if [ ! -e ${devmon_config} ];
+		then
+		echo "Error: ${devmon_config} does not exist."
+	exit 1;
+	fi
+
+	TEMPLATESDIR=%%PREFIX%%/devmon/templates
+	if [ ! -e ${TEMPLATESDIR} ]
+		then
+		echo ""
+		echo "  ERROR: no templates exist. Please install device templates"
+		echo "  to: ${TEMPLATESDIR}"
+		echo "  They are available on the devmon SourceForge page via SVN."
+		echo "  Note, the older template tarballs do not work reliably."
+		echo ""
+		echo "  # svn co svn://svn.code.sf.net/p/devmon/code/trunk/templates ${TEMPLATESDIR}"
+		echo ""
+	exit 1;
+	fi
+
+	DEVMONLOG=$(grep "^LOGFILE=" ${devmon_config} | awk -F '=' '{print $2}')
+	if [ ! -e ${DEVMONLOG} ];
+		then
+		install -o devmon -g devmon /dev/null ${DEVMONLOG}
+	fi
+}
 
-devmon_statuscmd()                                                                                                                                                              
+devmon_statuscmd()
 {
-if [ ! -e $pidfile ];                                                                                                                                                      
-    then
-        echo "pidfile does not exist. $name is not running?";
-    exit 1;
-fi
-
-if pgrep -F $pidfile >/dev/null;
-    then
-        echo "$name is running.";
-    else
-        echo "$name is not running.";
-    exit 1;
-fi
+	if [ ! -e ${pidfile} ];
+		then
+		echo "pidfile does not exist. ${name} is not running?";
+	exit 1;
+	fi
+
+	if pgrep -F ${pidfile} >/dev/null;
+		then
+		echo "${name} is running.";
+	else
+		echo "${name} is not running.";
+	exit 1;
+	fi
 }
 
 devmon_stopcmd()
 {
-if pgrep -F $pidfile >/dev/null;
-    then
-	mypid=`cat $pidfile`;
-        kill $sig_stop $mypid;
-        wait_for_pids $mypid;
-    else
-        echo "$name is not running.";
-        exit 1;
-fi
+	if pgrep -F ${pidfile} >/dev/null;
+		then
+		mypid=`cat ${pidfile}`;
+		kill ${sig_stop} ${mypid};
+		wait_for_pids ${mypid};
+	else
+		echo "${name} is not running.";
+	exit 1;
+	fi
 }
 
 run_rc_command "$1"
diff -ruN /usr/ports/net-mgmt/devmon/pkg-plist ./pkg-plist
--- /usr/ports/net-mgmt/devmon/pkg-plist	2013-03-02 14:20:12.000000000 -0600
+++ ./pkg-plist	2013-05-22 10:28:32.667682107 -0500
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@
 %%PORTDOCS%%%%DOCSDIR%%/COPYING
 %%PORTDOCS%%%%DOCSDIR%%/CHANGELOG
 @dirrm devmon/modules
-@dirrm devmon
+@dirrmtry devmon
+@dirrmtry /var/run/devmon
 %%PORTDOCS%%@dirrm %%DOCSDIR%%/extras
 %%PORTDOCS%%@dirrm %%DOCSDIR%%/docs
 %%PORTDOCS%%@dirrm %%DOCSDIR%%