- if (logfname && !logfile) {
- extern int orig_umask;
- int old_umask = umask(022 | orig_umask);
- logfile = fopen(logfname, "a");
- umask(old_umask);
- if (!logfile) {
- am_daemon = 0; /* avoid trying to log again */
- rsyserr(FERROR, errno, "fopen() of log-file failed");
- exit_cleanup(RERR_LOG_FAILURE);
- }
+ extern int orig_umask;
+ int old_umask = umask(022 | orig_umask);
+ logfile = fopen(logfname, "a");
+ umask(old_umask);
+ if (!logfile) {
+ int fopen_errno = errno;
+ /* Rsync falls back to using syslog on failure. */
+ syslog_init();
+ rsyserr(FERROR, fopen_errno,
+ "failed to open log-file %s", logfname);
+ rprintf(FINFO, "Ignoring \"log file\" setting.\n");