syslogd: do not error out on missing files to rotate. closes bug 3404.

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/sysklogd/syslogd.c b/sysklogd/syslogd.c
index f8fc51780..1b8d718f4 100644
--- a/sysklogd/syslogd.c
+++ b/sysklogd/syslogd.c
@@ -347,10 +347,11 @@ static void log_locally(time_t now, char *msg)
                                 sprintf(newFile, "%s.%d", G.logFilePath, i);
                                 if (i == 0) break;
                                 sprintf(oldFile, "%s.%d", G.logFilePath, --i);
-                                xrename(oldFile, newFile);
+                                /* ignore errors - file might be missing */
+                                rename(oldFile, newFile);
                         }
                         /* newFile == "f.0" now */
-                        xrename(G.logFilePath, newFile);
+                        rename(G.logFilePath, newFile);
                         fl.l_type = F_UNLCK;
                         fcntl(G.logFD, F_SETLKW, &fl);
                         close(G.logFD);