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-rw-r--r--sysklogd/syslogd.c12
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/sysklogd/syslogd.c b/sysklogd/syslogd.c
index 48b875ef1..89391036a 100644
--- a/sysklogd/syslogd.c
+++ b/sysklogd/syslogd.c
@@ -306,17 +306,23 @@ static void log_locally(time_t now, char *msg)
}
#endif
if (G.logFD >= 0) {
+ /* Reopen log file every second. This allows admin
+ * to delete the file and not worry about restarting us.
+ * This costs almost nothing since it happens
+ * _at most_ once a second.
+ */
if (!now)
now = time(NULL);
if (G.last_log_time != now) {
- G.last_log_time = now; /* reopen log file every second */
+ G.last_log_time = now;
close(G.logFD);
goto reopen;
}
} else {
reopen:
- G.logFD = device_open(G.logFilePath, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT
- | O_NOCTTY | O_APPEND | O_NONBLOCK);
+ G.logFD = open(G.logFilePath, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT
+ | O_NOCTTY | O_APPEND | O_NONBLOCK,
+ 0666);
if (G.logFD < 0) {
/* cannot open logfile? - print to /dev/console then */
int fd = device_open(DEV_CONSOLE, O_WRONLY | O_NOCTTY | O_NONBLOCK);