1 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/sysklogd/syslogd.c b/sysklogd/syslogd.c
index 38ea3d7ff..f624eb7f6 100644
--- a/sysklogd/syslogd.c
+++ b/sysklogd/syslogd.c
@@ -301,17 +301,23 @@ 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);