my $facility; # syslog facility
my $actfac; # activity log syslog facility
my $actfile; # activity log file
-my $service = $0; # default service name
-my $service_tag = ''; # default service name
+my $service; # syslog service name. default provided below.
+my $service_tag = ''; # default service tag
my $syslog_enabled = 0; # is syslog enabled?
my $act_syslog_enabled = 0; # is syslog enabled?
my $logfile_enabled = 1; # are we logging to a file?
my( $msg, $level ) = @_;
return if $level > $loglevel;
+ # apply a sane default service name/tag
+ $logger->set_service($0) unless $service;
+
my $l; my $n;
my $fac = $facility;