diff -up redis-2.4.8/redis.conf.orig redis-2.4.8/redis.conf
--- redis-2.4.8/redis.conf.orig	2012-02-24 21:59:55.606998781 -0500
+++ redis-2.4.8/redis.conf	2012-02-24 22:02:32.598539907 -0500
@@ -14,11 +14,11 @@
 
 # By default Redis does not run as a daemon. Use 'yes' if you need it.
 # Note that Redis will write a pid file in /var/run/redis.pid when daemonized.
-daemonize no
+daemonize yes
 
 # When running daemonized, Redis writes a pid file in /var/run/redis.pid by
 # default. You can specify a custom pid file location here.
-pidfile /var/run/redis.pid
+pidfile /var/run/redis/redis.pid
 
 # Accept connections on the specified port, default is 6379.
 # If port 0 is specified Redis will not listen on a TCP socket.
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ port 6379
 # If you want you can bind a single interface, if the bind option is not
 # specified all the interfaces will listen for incoming connections.
 #
-# bind 127.0.0.1
+bind 127.0.0.1
 
 # Specify the path for the unix socket that will be used to listen for
 # incoming connections. There is no default, so Redis will not listen
@@ -45,12 +45,12 @@ timeout 0
 # verbose (many rarely useful info, but not a mess like the debug level)
 # notice (moderately verbose, what you want in production probably)
 # warning (only very important / critical messages are logged)
-loglevel verbose
+loglevel notice
 
 # Specify the log file name. Also 'stdout' can be used to force
 # Redis to log on the standard output. Note that if you use standard
 # output for logging but daemonize, logs will be sent to /dev/null
-logfile stdout
+logfile /var/log/redis/redis.log
 
 # To enable logging to the system logger, just set 'syslog-enabled' to yes,
 # and optionally update the other syslog parameters to suit your needs.
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ dbfilename dump.rdb
 # Also the Append Only File will be created inside this directory.
 # 
 # Note that you must specify a directory here, not a file name.
-dir ./
+dir /var/lib/redis/
 
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