=== modified file 'mandos'
--- mandos	2014-02-16 02:42:42 +0000
+++ mandos	2014-02-16 03:56:48 +0000
@@ -92,9 +92,7 @@
 stored_state_file = "clients.pickle"
 
 logger = logging.getLogger()
-syslogger = (logging.handlers.SysLogHandler
-             (facility = logging.handlers.SysLogHandler.LOG_DAEMON,
-              address = str("/dev/log")))
+syslogger = None
 
 try:
     if_nametoindex = (ctypes.cdll.LoadLibrary
@@ -116,6 +114,10 @@
 def initlogger(debug, level=logging.WARNING):
     """init logger and add loglevel"""
     
+    syslogger = (logging.handlers.SysLogHandler
+                 (facility =
+                  logging.handlers.SysLogHandler.LOG_DAEMON,
+                  address = str("/dev/log")))
     syslogger.setFormatter(logging.Formatter
                            ('Mandos [%(process)d]: %(levelname)s:'
                             ' %(message)s'))