--- sysklogd-1.4.1rh/syslogd.c.services	2008-02-28 21:35:10.000000000 +0100
+++ sysklogd-1.4.1rh/syslogd.c	2008-02-29 20:31:55.000000000 +0100
@@ -737,6 +737,7 @@
 char	LocalHostName[MAXHOSTNAMELEN+1];	/* our hostname */
 char	*LocalDomain;		/* our local domain name */
 int	InetInuse = 0;		/* non-zero if INET sockets are being used */
+int	Networking = 1;		/* set when we have network support */
 int	finet= -1;		/* Internet datagram socket */
 int	LogPort;		/* port number for INET connections */
 int	Initialized = 0;	/* set when we have initialized ourselves */
@@ -2309,20 +2310,28 @@
 #endif
 	struct servent *sp;
 
+	/*
+	* These lines should stay as the first two
+	*/
+	dprintf("Called init.\n");
+	Initialized = 0;
+
 	sp = getservbyname("syslog", "udp");
 	if (sp == NULL) {
 		errno = 0;
-		logerror("network logging disabled (syslog/udp service unknown).");
-		logerror("see syslogd(8) for details of whether and how to enable it.");
-		return;
+		fprintf(stderr, "network logging disabled (syslog/udp service unknown).\n");
+		fprintf(stderr, "see syslogd(8) for details of whether and how to enable it.\n");
+		/* 
+		 * Do not return but continue init(), but disable network support 
+ 		*/
+		Networking = 0;
+	} else {
+		LogPort = sp->s_port;
+		Networking = 1;
 	}
-	LogPort = sp->s_port;
-
 	/*
 	 *  Close all open log files and free log descriptor array.
 	 */
-	dprintf("Called init.\n");
-	Initialized = 0;
 	if ( nlogs > -1 )
 	{
 		dprintf("Initializing log structures.\n");
@@ -2449,7 +2458,7 @@
 #endif
 
 #ifdef SYSLOG_INET
-	if (Forwarding || AcceptRemote) {
+	if (Networking && (Forwarding || AcceptRemote)) {
 		if (finet < 0) {
 			finet = create_inet_socket();
 			if (finet >= 0) {
@@ -2709,6 +2718,8 @@
 	{
 	case '@':
 #ifdef SYSLOG_INET
+		/* Only if we have functioning Networking support */
+		if (!Networking) break;
 		(void) strcpy(f->f_un.f_forw.f_hname, ++p);
 		dprintf("forwarding host: %s\n", p);	/*ASP*/
 		 if ( (ina = not_local_address(p)) == NULL ) {
@@ -2718,7 +2729,7 @@
 		} else {
 			f->f_type = F_FORW;
 		}
-
+		
 		memset((char *) &f->f_un.f_forw.f_addr, 0,
 			 sizeof(f->f_un.f_forw.f_addr));
 		f->f_un.f_forw.f_addr.sin_family = AF_INET;