[robespierre]

Your root shell is not liking the 2>&1. Is this a pre installation or a new install

This is a syntax supported by the Bourne shell (sh), which csh (or tcsh) does not recognize. The shell used by init.d scripts is supposed to be the one listed in the first line of the file, according to the well-worn shebang convention. So the root user's chosen shell is not supposed to make any difference.

If for some reason the shell named in the script has been linked to another shell, that can cause this type of problem to occur.