Creating the sysklogd script A new file /etc/init.d/sysklogd is created containing the following: cat > sysklogd << "EOF" #!/bin/sh # Begin /etc/init.d/sysklogd # # Include the functions declared in the /etc/init.d/functions file # source /etc/init.d/functions case "$1" in start) echo -n "Starting system log daemon..." loadproc /usr/sbin/syslogd -m 0 echo -n "Starting kernel log daemon..." loadproc /usr/sbin/klogd ;; stop) echo -n "Stopping kernel log daemon..." killproc klogd echo -n "Stopping system log daemon..." killproc syslogd ;; reload) echo -n "Reloading system log daemon configuration file..." reloadproc syslogd 1 ;; restart) $0 stop /usr/bin/sleep 1 $0 start ;; status) statusproc /usr/sbin/syslogd statusproc /usr/sbin/klogd ;; *) echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|reload|restart|status}" exit 1 ;; esac # End /etc/init.d/sysklogd EOF