From dcbdf8dc557e77a75b1f6e82f8b21223650be68c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bill Nottingham <notting@redhat.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Mar 1999 07:40:41 +0000
Subject: if /dev/log exists on ROFS, that *doesn't* mean syslog is running

---
 src/initlog.c | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/initlog.c b/src/initlog.c
index 46fc0ee7..f7e0fc49 100644
--- a/src/initlog.c
+++ b/src/initlog.c
@@ -107,13 +107,15 @@ int startDaemon() {
 
 int logLine(struct logInfo *logEnt) {
     /* Logs a line... somewhere. */
-    int x;
+    int x,y,z;
     struct stat statbuf;
     
     /* Don't log empty or null lines */
     if (!logEnt->line || !strcmp(logEnt->line,"\n")) return 0;
 
-    if ( (stat(_PATH_LOG,&statbuf)==-1) && ((x=startDaemon())) ) {
+    if  ( ((stat(_PATH_LOG,&statbuf)==-1)||(access(_PATH_LOG,W_OK)==-1))
+	  && (x=startDaemon())
+	) {
 	logData=realloc(logData,(logEntries+1)*sizeof(struct logInfo));
 	logData[logEntries]= (*logEnt);
 	logEntries++;
-- 
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