--- ./sysklogd/syslogd.c.klogd4	2006-03-13 17:11:41.000000000 +0100
+++ ./sysklogd/syslogd.c	2006-03-13 18:12:20.000000000 +0100
@@ -600,10 +600,14 @@
 						   _PATH_LOG);
 	}
 
-	if (fcntl(sock_fd, F_SETFL, O_NONBLOCK) < 0) {
+	if (fcntl(sock_fd, F_SETFL, O_RDWR | O_NONBLOCK) < 0) {
 		bb_perror_msg_and_die("Couldn't mark UNIX socket " _PATH_LOG " non-blocking");
 	}
 
+	if (fcntl(sock_fd, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC) < 0) {
+		bb_perror_msg_and_die("Couldn't mark UNIX socket " _PATH_LOG " close-on-exec");
+	}
+
 	addrLength = sizeof(sunx.sun_family) + strlen(sunx.sun_path);
 	if (bind(sock_fd, (struct sockaddr *) &sunx, addrLength) < 0) {
 		bb_perror_msg_and_die("Could not connect to socket " _PATH_LOG);