[root@shutdown sysconfig]# service syslog status
syslogd is stopped
klogd is stopped
[root@shutdown sysconfig]# lsof /dev/log
COMMAND    PID USER   FD   TYPE     DEVICE SIZE     NODE NAME
minilogd 18898 root    3u  unix 0xf2895a80      21393004 /dev/log
[root@shutdown sysconfig]# pkill minilogd
[root@shutdown sysconfig]# ls -l /dev/log
ls: /dev/log: No such file or directory
[root@shutdown sysconfig]# service syslog start
Starting system logger:                                    [  OK  ]
Starting kernel logger:                                    [  OK  ]
[root@shutdown sysconfig]# ls -l /dev/log
srwx------  1 root root 0 Jun 28 11:20 /dev/log
[root@shutdown sysconfig]# lsof /dev/log
COMMAND    PID USER   FD   TYPE     DEVICE SIZE     NODE NAME
minilogd 19056 root    3u  unix 0xeb0ca100      21395246 /dev/log
[root@shutdown sysconfig]#