diff -uprk.orig sysklogd-1.4.1.orig/klogd.c sysklogd-1.4.1/klogd.c
--- sysklogd-1.4.1.orig/klogd.c	2001-03-11 22:40:10 +0300
+++ sysklogd-1.4.1/klogd.c	2004-02-07 23:06:23 +0300
@@ -275,6 +275,10 @@ _syscall3(int,ksyslog,int, type, char *,
 #define ksyslog klogctl
 #endif
 
+#ifndef _PATH_DEVNULL
+#define _PATH_DEVNULL	"/dev/null"
+#endif
+
 #define LOG_BUFFER_SIZE 4096
 #define LOG_LINE_LENGTH 1000
 
@@ -1070,13 +1074,29 @@ int main(argc, argv)
 	{
 		if (!check_pid(PidFile))
 		{
-			if ( fork() == 0 )
+			pid_t pid;
+			int fl;
+
+			if ((fl = open(_PATH_DEVNULL, O_RDWR)) < 0)
+			{
+				fprintf (stderr, "klogd: %s: %s\n",
+				         _PATH_DEVNULL, strerror(errno));
+				exit(1);
+			}
+
+			if ((pid = fork()) == -1)
+			{
+				fputs("klogd: fork failed.\n", stderr);
+				exit(1);
+			} else if (pid == 0)
 			{
-				auto int fl;
 				int num_fds = getdtablesize();
 		
 				/* This is the child closing its file descriptors. */
-				for (fl= 0; fl <= num_fds; ++fl)
+				dup2(fl, 0);
+				dup2(fl, 1);
+				dup2(fl, 2);
+				for (fl= 3; fl <= num_fds; ++fl)
 				{
 					if ( fileno(stdout) == fl && use_output )
 						if ( strcmp(output, "-") == 0 )
diff -uprk.orig sysklogd-1.4.1.orig/syslogd.c sysklogd-1.4.1/syslogd.c
--- sysklogd-1.4.1.orig/syslogd.c	2004-02-07 22:14:27 +0300
+++ sysklogd-1.4.1/syslogd.c	2004-02-07 22:55:16 +0300
@@ -554,6 +554,10 @@ static char sccsid[] = "@(#)syslogd.c	5.
 #define _PATH_LOG	"/dev/log"
 #endif
 
+#ifndef _PATH_DEVNULL
+#define _PATH_DEVNULL	"/dev/null"
+#endif
+
 char	*ConfFile = _PATH_LOGCONF;
 char	*PidFile = _PATH_LOGPID;
 char	ctty[] = _PATH_CONSOLE;
@@ -895,8 +899,20 @@ int main(argc, argv)
 		dprintf("Checking pidfile.\n");
 		if (!check_pid(PidFile))
 		{
+			pid_t pid;
+
+			if ((fd = open(_PATH_DEVNULL, O_RDWR)) < 0) {
+				fprintf (stderr, "syslogd: %s: %s\n",
+				         _PATH_DEVNULL, strerror(errno));
+				exit(1);
+			}
+
 			signal (SIGTERM, doexit);
-			if (fork()) {
+			if ((pid = fork()) == -1)
+			{
+				fputs("syslogd: fork failed.\n", stderr);
+				exit(1);
+			} else if (pid) {
 				/*
 				 * Parent process
 				 */
@@ -912,7 +928,10 @@ int main(argc, argv)
 				exit(1);
 			}
 			num_fds = getdtablesize();
-			for (i= 0; i < num_fds; i++)
+			(void) dup2(fd, 0);
+			(void) dup2(fd, 1);
+			(void) dup2(fd, 2);
+			for (i= 3; i < num_fds; i++)
 				(void) close(i);
 			untty();
 		}