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diff --git a/src/pkg/syslog/syslog_unix.go b/src/pkg/syslog/syslog_unix.go
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+++ b/src/pkg/syslog/syslog_unix.go
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+// Copyright 2009 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package syslog
+
+import (
+	"net"
+	"os"
+)
+
+// unixSyslog opens a connection to the syslog daemon running on the
+// local machine using a Unix domain socket.
+
+func unixSyslog() (conn serverConn, err os.Error) {
+	logTypes := []string{"unixgram", "unix"}
+	logPaths := []string{"/dev/log", "/var/run/syslog"}
+	var raddr string
+	for _, network := range logTypes {
+		for _, path := range logPaths {
+			raddr = path
+			conn, err := net.Dial(network, raddr)
+			if err != nil {
+				continue
+			} else {
+				return netConn{conn}, nil
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return nil, os.ErrorString("Unix syslog delivery error")
+}