2 files changed, 6 insertions, 12 deletions

diff --git a/sysklogd/syslogd.c b/sysklogd/syslogd.c
index 9f5fc93b1..379efcf51 100644
--- a/sysklogd/syslogd.c
+++ b/sysklogd/syslogd.c
@@ -494,17 +494,14 @@ static void doSyslogd (void)
         alarm (MarkInterval);
 
         /* Create the syslog file so realpath() can work. */
-        close (open (_PATH_LOG, O_RDWR | O_CREAT, 0644));
-        if (realpath (_PATH_LOG, lfile) == NULL)
-                perror_msg_and_die ("Could not resolve path to " _PATH_LOG);
-
-        unlink (lfile);
+        if (realpath (_PATH_LOG, lfile) != NULL)
+                unlink (lfile);
 
         memset (&sunx, 0, sizeof (sunx));
         sunx.sun_family = AF_UNIX;
         strncpy (sunx.sun_path, lfile, sizeof (sunx.sun_path));
         if ((sock_fd = socket (AF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0)) < 0)
-                perror_msg_and_die ("Couldn't obtain descriptor for socket " _PATH_LOG);
+                perror_msg_and_die ("Couldn't get file descriptor for socket " _PATH_LOG);
 
         addrLength = sizeof (sunx.sun_family) + strlen (sunx.sun_path);
         if ((bind (sock_fd, (struct sockaddr *) &sunx, addrLength)) || (listen (sock_fd, 5)))
diff --git a/syslogd.c b/syslogd.c
index 9f5fc93b1..379efcf51 100644
--- a/syslogd.c
+++ b/syslogd.c
@@ -494,17 +494,14 @@ static void doSyslogd (void)
         alarm (MarkInterval);
 
         /* Create the syslog file so realpath() can work. */
-        close (open (_PATH_LOG, O_RDWR | O_CREAT, 0644));
-        if (realpath (_PATH_LOG, lfile) == NULL)
-                perror_msg_and_die ("Could not resolve path to " _PATH_LOG);
-
-        unlink (lfile);
+        if (realpath (_PATH_LOG, lfile) != NULL)
+                unlink (lfile);
 
         memset (&sunx, 0, sizeof (sunx));
         sunx.sun_family = AF_UNIX;
         strncpy (sunx.sun_path, lfile, sizeof (sunx.sun_path));
         if ((sock_fd = socket (AF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0)) < 0)
-                perror_msg_and_die ("Couldn't obtain descriptor for socket " _PATH_LOG);
+                perror_msg_and_die ("Couldn't get file descriptor for socket " _PATH_LOG);
 
         addrLength = sizeof (sunx.sun_family) + strlen (sunx.sun_path);
         if ((bind (sock_fd, (struct sockaddr *) &sunx, addrLength)) || (listen (sock_fd, 5)))