Linux Syslog initialization

This script program starts the syslogd and the klogd programs as daemons. The klogd(8) daemon supports kernel message logging and the syslogd(8) program supports system logging. The file /etc/syslog.conf(8) controls the operation of the system logging daemon.

The syslog startup script

#!/bin/sh
#
# syslog        Starts syslogd/klogd.
#
#
# chkconfig: 2345 30 99
# description: Syslog is the facility by which many daemons use to log \
# messages to various system log files.  It is a good idea to always \
# run syslog.

# Source function library.
. /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions

[ -f /sbin/syslogd ] || exit 0
[ -f /sbin/klogd ] || exit 0

RETVAL=0

# See how we were called.
case "$1" in
  start)
	echo -n "Starting system logger: "
	# we don't want the MARK ticks
	daemon syslogd -m 0 -r
	RETVAL=$?
	echo
	echo -n "Starting kernel logger: "
	daemon klogd
	echo
	[ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && touch /var/lock/subsys/syslog
	;;
  stop)
	echo -n "Shutting down kernel logger: "
	killproc klogd
	echo
	echo -n "Shutting down system logger: "
	killproc syslogd
	RETVAL=$?
	echo
	[ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && rm -f /var/lock/subsys/syslog
	;;
  status)
	status syslogd
	status klogd
	RETVAL=$?
	;;
  restart|reload)
	$0 stop
	$0 start
	RETVAL=$?
	;;
  *)
	echo "Usage: syslog {start|stop|status|restart}"
	exit 1
esac

exit $RETVAL