diff -upk.orig sysklogd-1.4.2.orig/klogd.c sysklogd-1.4.2/klogd.c
--- sysklogd-1.4.2.orig/klogd.c	2005-08-18 11:36:23 +0000
+++ sysklogd-1.4.2/klogd.c	2005-08-18 12:29:52 +0000
@@ -278,6 +278,10 @@ _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
 
@@ -1072,19 +1076,35 @@ 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)
+				if ( dup2(fl, 0) != 0 ||
+				     ((!use_output || strcmp(output, "-")) &&
+				      dup2(fl, 1) != 1) ||
+				     dup2(fl, 2) != 2)
 				{
-					if ( fileno(stdout) == fl && use_output )
-						if ( strcmp(output, "-") == 0 )
-							continue;
-					close(fl);
+					fputs("klogd: dup2 failed.\n", stderr);
+					exit(1);
 				}
+				for (fl= 3; fl <= num_fds; ++fl)
+					close(fl);
  
 				setsid();
 			}
diff -upk.orig sysklogd-1.4.2.orig/syslogd.c sysklogd-1.4.2/syslogd.c
--- sysklogd-1.4.2.orig/syslogd.c	2005-08-18 12:02:53 +0000
+++ sysklogd-1.4.2/syslogd.c	2005-08-18 12:37:31 +0000
@@ -583,6 +583,10 @@ 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;
@@ -925,8 +929,22 @@ 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
 				 */
@@ -942,7 +960,12 @@ int main(argc, argv)
 				exit(1);
 			}
 			num_fds = getdtablesize();
-			for (i= 0; i < num_fds; i++)
+			if (dup2(fd, 0) != 0 || dup2(fd, 1) != 1 || dup2(fd, 2) != 2)
+			{
+				fputs("syslogd: dup2 failed.\n", stderr);
+				exit(1);
+			}
+			for (i= 3; i < num_fds; i++)
 				(void) close(i);
 			untty();
 		}