smaug said:
>>oh - that was what confused me in the first post ... running syslogd as root 
>>may be a potential security issue, is it ?<<

I think it is. I'll flag this as a security bug.

** This bug has been flagged as a security issue

** Changed in: sysklogd (Ubuntu)
       Status: Unconfirmed => Confirmed

** Summary changed:

- sysklogd init-script arguments
+ sysklogd init-script arguments [patch inside]

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sysklogd init-script arguments [patch inside]
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/103232
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