#!/bin/sh # you can set options in /etc/profile.locale, variable SYSLOGD_OPTS # # without options and without /var/log (!), syslogd will simply # log to the console. If /var/log/ exists, it will log to /var/log/messages . /etc/init.d/globals case "$1" in start) syslogd $SYSLOGD_OPTS ;; stop) killall syslogd ;; restart) $0 stop $0 start ;; *) echo "[$BASENAME] Usage: $0 {start|restart|stop}" ;; esac