[root@nylog01 init.d]# service syslog restart
Shutting down kernel logger:                               [  OK  ]
Shutting down system logger:                               [  OK  ]
Starting system logger:                                    [  OK  ]
Starting kernel logger:                                    [  OK  ]

 
ps aufx |grep syslog
root      4428  0.0  0.0  61216   744 pts/2    S+   16:05   0:00          \_ grep syslog
avahi     2896  0.0  0.0  27404  1412 ?        Ss   11:20   0:00 avahi-daemon: running [nylog01.local]root      4422  0.0  0.0  14364   856 ?        Ss   16:05   0:00 syslogd -m 0

 
#!/bin/bash
#
# syslog        Starts syslogd/klogd.
#
#
# chkconfig: 2345 12 88
# 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.
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides: $syslog
### END INIT INFO
# Source function library.
. /etc/init.d/functions
RETVAL=0
start() {
        [ -x /sbin/syslogd ] || exit 5
        [ -x /sbin/klogd ] || exit 5
        # Source config
        if [ -f /etc/sysconfig/syslog ] ; then
                . /etc/sysconfig/syslog
        else
                SYSLOGD_OPTIONS="-m 0 -r "
                KLOGD_OPTIONS="-2"

 
SYSLOGD_OPTIONS="-r "