- (dtucker) [log.c] Bug #973: force log_init() to open syslog, since on some

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diff --git a/log.c b/log.c
index 5d8625d15a1144ffc5c1d0a57d17ef4e6311c7cf..bb95c6c3961113999875ad1cfc80fc41aba4baaf 100644 (file)
--- a/log.c
+++ b/log.c
@@ -194,6 +194,9 @@ void
 log_init(char *av0, LogLevel level, SyslogFacility facility, int on_stderr)
 {
        argv0 = av0;
+#if defined(HAVE_OPENLOG_R) && defined(SYSLOG_DATA_INIT)
+       struct syslog_data sdata = SYSLOG_DATA_INIT;
+#endif
 
        switch (level) {
        case SYSLOG_LEVEL_QUIET:
@@ -261,6 +264,19 @@ log_init(char *av0, LogLevel level, SyslogFacility facility, int on_stderr)
                    (int) facility);
                exit(1);
        }
+
+       /*
+        * If an external library (eg libwrap) attempts to use syslog
+        * immediately after reexec, syslog may be pointing to the wrong
+        * facility, so we force an open/close of syslog here.
+        */
+#if defined(HAVE_OPENLOG_R) && defined(SYSLOG_DATA_INIT)
+       openlog_r(argv0 ? argv0 : __progname, LOG_PID, log_facility, &sdata);
+       closelog_r(&sdata);
+#else
+       openlog(argv0 ? argv0 : __progname, LOG_PID, log_facility);
+       closelog();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define MSGBUFSIZ 1024