1 files changed, 1 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/irkerd b/irkerd
index 9d5f890..d41a82c 100755
--- a/irkerd
+++ b/irkerd
@@ -1001,16 +1001,9 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     args = parser.parse_args()
 
     if not args.log_file and in_background():
-        # The Linux, Mac, and FreeBSD values of the logging device.
-        logdev = [x for x in ('/dev/log', '/var/run/syslog', '/var/run/log')
-                  if os.path.exists(x) and not os.path.isdir(x)]
-        if len(logdev) != 1:
-            sys.stderr.write("can't initialize log device, bailing out!\n")
-            raise SystemExit(1)
         # There's a case for falling back to address = ('localhost', 514)
         # But some systems (including OS X) disable this for security reasons.
-        handler = logging.handlers.SysLogHandler(address=logdev[0],
-                                                 facility='daemon')
+        handler = logging.handlers.SysLogHandler(facility='daemon')
     else:
         handler = logging.StreamHandler()