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# Creating the sysklogd script

Create a new file `/etc/init.d/sysklogd` 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`

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