diff -urN --exclude=debian knockd-0.5/src/knockd.c knockd-0.5.new/src/knockd.c
--- knockd-0.5/src/knockd.c	2005-06-27 07:11:34.000000000 +0200
+++ knockd-0.5.new/src/knockd.c	2007-12-09 20:06:15.000000000 +0100
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@
 		strncpy(o_int, "eth0", sizeof(o_int));	/* no explicit termination needed */
 	}
 	if(o_usesyslog) {
-		openlog("knockd", 0, LOG_USER);
+		openlog("knockd", 0, LOG_DAEMON);
 	}
 	if(strlen(o_logfile)) {
 		/* open the log file */