diff --git a/app-admin/cancd/cancd-0.1.0-r3.ebuild b/app-admin/cancd/cancd-0.1.0-r4.ebuild
similarity index 69%
rename from app-admin/cancd/cancd-0.1.0-r3.ebuild
rename to app-admin/cancd/cancd-0.1.0-r4.ebuild
index 6ad37a6163ffc..d662129917517 100644
--- a/app-admin/cancd/cancd-0.1.0-r3.ebuild
+++ b/app-admin/cancd/cancd-0.1.0-r4.ebuild
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 # Copyright 1999-2017 Gentoo Foundation
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
-EAPI=5
+EAPI=6
 
-inherit eutils
+inherit user
 
-DESCRIPTION="the CA NetConsole Daemon receives output from the Linux netconsole driver"
+DESCRIPTION="CA NetConsole Daemon receives output from the Linux netconsole driver"
 HOMEPAGE="http://oss.oracle.com/projects/cancd/"
 SRC_URI="http://oss.oracle.com/projects/cancd/dist/files/source/${P}.tar.gz"
 
@@ -14,9 +14,14 @@ SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
 IUSE=""
 
+PATCHES=(
+	"${FILESDIR}/${P}-build-r1.patch"
+	"${FILESDIR}/${P}-c-cleanup.patch"
+)
+
 src_prepare() {
-	epatch "${FILESDIR}"/${P}-build.patch #246734
-	epatch "${FILESDIR}"/${P}-c-cleanup.patch
+	default
+
 	# slight makefile cleanup
 	sed -i \
 		-e '/^CFLAGS/s,-g,,' \
@@ -27,11 +32,12 @@ src_prepare() {
 
 src_install() {
 	dosbin cancd
-	newinitd "${FILESDIR}"/cancd-init.d cancd
-	newconfd "${FILESDIR}"/cancd-conf.d cancd
+	newinitd "${FILESDIR}"/cancd-init.d-r1 cancd
+	newconfd "${FILESDIR}"/cancd-conf.d-r1 cancd
 	newinitd "${FILESDIR}"/netconsole-init.d netconsole
 	newconfd "${FILESDIR}"/netconsole-conf.d netconsole
-	keepdir /var/crash
-	fowners adm:nobody /var/crash
-	fperms 700 /var/crash
+}
+
+pkg_preinst() {
+	enewuser cancd
 }
diff --git a/app-admin/cancd/files/cancd-0.1.0-build.patch b/app-admin/cancd/files/cancd-0.1.0-build-r1.patch
similarity index 89%
rename from app-admin/cancd/files/cancd-0.1.0-build.patch
rename to app-admin/cancd/files/cancd-0.1.0-build-r1.patch
index b1c99b1cd5652..19bc929b2bc09 100644
--- a/app-admin/cancd/files/cancd-0.1.0-build.patch
+++ b/app-admin/cancd/files/cancd-0.1.0-build-r1.patch
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ fix building with newer glibc
 
 http://bugs.gentoo.org/246734
 
---- cancd.c
-+++ cancd.c
+--- a/cancd.c
++++ b/cancd.c
 @@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
  #include <libgen.h>
  #include <getopt.h>
diff --git a/app-admin/cancd/files/cancd-conf.d b/app-admin/cancd/files/cancd-conf.d
deleted file mode 100644
index 7b4dd27383c01..0000000000000
--- a/app-admin/cancd/files/cancd-conf.d
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-#!/sbin/openrc-run
-# Copyright 1999-2005 Gentoo Foundation
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-# user to run as, root strongly discouraged
-# user should have /bin/false for a shell
-# but file access into /var
-CHUID='adm:nobody'
-
-# port to listen on
-CANCD_PORT=6667
-
-# directory to output to
-CRASH_DIR=/var/crash
-
-# one file per minute, one dir per host/date
-#CRASH_FORMAT="%Q/%Y-%m-%d/%H:%M.log"
-# one file per day, one dir per host
-CRASH_FORMAT="%Q/%Y-%m-%d.log"
diff --git a/app-admin/cancd/files/cancd-conf.d-r1 b/app-admin/cancd/files/cancd-conf.d-r1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..13322298f28b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app-admin/cancd/files/cancd-conf.d-r1
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#!/sbin/openrc-run
+# Copyright 1999-2017 Gentoo Foundation
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+# port to listen on
+CANCD_PORT=6667
+
+# directory to output to
+CANCD_LOG_DIR=/var/log/cancd
+
+# one file per minute, one dir per host/date
+#CANCD_LOG_FORMAT="%Q/%Y-%m-%d/%H:%M.log"
+# one file per day, one dir per host
+CANCD_LOG_FORMAT="%Q/%Y-%m-%d.log"
diff --git a/app-admin/cancd/files/cancd-init.d b/app-admin/cancd/files/cancd-init.d
deleted file mode 100644
index eb0d34e1a2eea..0000000000000
--- a/app-admin/cancd/files/cancd-init.d
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-#!/sbin/openrc-run
-# Copyright 1999-2011 Gentoo Foundation
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-depend() {
-	need net
-}
-
-start() {
-	mkdir -p ${CRASH_DIR}
-	chown ${CHUID} ${CRASH_DIR}
-	chmod 700 ${CRASH_DIR}
-	ebegin "Starting cancd"
-	start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --user ${CHUID} --exec /usr/sbin/cancd  -- -p ${CANCD_PORT} -l "${CRASH_DIR}" -o "${CRASH_FORMAT}"
-	eend ${?}
-}
-
-stop() {
-	ebegin "Stopping cancd"
-	start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --exec /usr/sbin/cancd
-	eend ${?}
-}
diff --git a/app-admin/cancd/files/cancd-init.d-r1 b/app-admin/cancd/files/cancd-init.d-r1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..a2a96f1ce81c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app-admin/cancd/files/cancd-init.d-r1
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#!/sbin/openrc-run
+# Copyright 1999-2017 Gentoo Foundation
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+command="/usr/sbin/cancd"
+command_args="-p ${CANCD_PORT}
+              -l ${CANCD_LOG_DIR}
+              -o ${CANCD_LOG_FORMAT}"
+command_user="cancd"
+
+# cancd daemonizes itself, but doesn't write a PID file and doesn't
+# have an option to run in the foreground. So the best we can do
+# is try to match the process name when stopping it.
+procname="cancd"
+
+depend() {
+    need net
+}
+
+start_pre() {
+    checkpath --directory --owner cancd --mode 0700 "${CANCD_LOG_DIR}"
+}