diff -Naur old_sysklogd-1.4.1/syslogd.c sysklogd-1.4.1/syslogd.c
--- sysklogd-1.4.1/syslogd.c	2001-03-11 12:40:10.000000000 -0700
+++ sysklogd-1.4.1/syslogd.c	2005-06-22 13:28:46.000000000 -0600
@@ -890,11 +890,11 @@
 		dprintf("Checking pidfile.\n");
 		if (!check_pid(PidFile))
 		{
+			signal (SIGTERM, doexit);
 			if (fork()) {
 				/*
 				 * Parent process
 				 */
-				signal (SIGTERM, doexit);
 				sleep(300);
 				/*
 				 * Not reached unless something major went wrong.  5
@@ -906,6 +906,7 @@
 				 */
 				exit(1);
 			}
+			signal (SIGTERM, SIG_DFL);
 			num_fds = getdtablesize();
 			for (i= 0; i < num_fds; i++)
 				(void) close(i);