1 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/sysklogd/syslogd.c b/sysklogd/syslogd.c
index 4f45b4f7f..a6a4ff25c 100644
--- a/sysklogd/syslogd.c
+++ b/sysklogd/syslogd.c
@@ -58,6 +58,9 @@
 #define SYSLOG_NAMES_CONST
 #include <syslog.h>
 */
+#ifndef _PATH_LOG
+#define _PATH_LOG       "/dev/log"
+#endif
 
 #include <sys/un.h>
 #include <sys/uio.h>
@@ -824,8 +827,8 @@ static NOINLINE int create_socket(void)
 
         /* Unlink old /dev/log or object it points to. */
         /* (if it exists, bind will fail) */
-        strcpy(sunx.sun_path, "/dev/log");
-        dev_log_name = xmalloc_follow_symlinks("/dev/log");
+        strcpy(sunx.sun_path, _PATH_LOG);
+        dev_log_name = xmalloc_follow_symlinks(_PATH_LOG);
         if (dev_log_name) {
                 safe_strncpy(sunx.sun_path, dev_log_name, sizeof(sunx.sun_path));
                 free(dev_log_name);
@@ -834,7 +837,7 @@ static NOINLINE int create_socket(void)
 
         sock_fd = xsocket(AF_UNIX, SOCK_DGRAM, 0);
         xbind(sock_fd, (struct sockaddr *) &sunx, sizeof(sunx));
-        chmod("/dev/log", 0666);
+        chmod(_PATH_LOG, 0666);
 
         return sock_fd;
 }
@@ -905,7 +908,7 @@ static void do_syslogd(void)
                 sz = read(sock_fd, recvbuf, MAX_READ - 1);
                 if (sz < 0) {
                         if (!bb_got_signal)
-                                bb_perror_msg("read from /dev/log");
+                                bb_perror_msg("read from %s", _PATH_LOG);
                         break;
                 }