Index: daemon_syslog.c
===================================================================
--- daemon_syslog.c
+++ daemon_syslog.c
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include <string.h>
+
 
 static void dummy_sighandler(int);
 static void restrict_process(const char *);
@@ -56,14 +58,15 @@
 {
 	struct pidfh  *ppfh, *pfh;
 	sigset_t mask, oldmask;
-	int ch, nochdir, noclose, restart, serrno;
-	const char *pidfile, *ppidfile,  *user;
+	int ch, nochdir, noclose, restart, serrno, syslog;
+	const char *pidfile, *ppidfile,  *user, *tag, *priority;
 	pid_t otherpid, pid;
 
 	nochdir = noclose = 1;
 	restart = 0;
-	ppidfile = pidfile = user = NULL;
-	while ((ch = getopt(argc, argv, "cfp:P:ru:")) != -1) {
+	syslog = 0;
+	ppidfile = pidfile = user = tag = priority =  NULL;
+	while ((ch = getopt(argc, argv, "cfp:P:ru:t:sh:")) != -1) {
 		switch (ch) {
 		case 'c':
 			nochdir = 0;
@@ -71,6 +74,9 @@
 		case 'f':
 			noclose = 0;
 			break;
+		case 'h':
+			priority = optarg;
+			break;
 		case 'p':
 			pidfile = optarg;
 			break;
@@ -80,6 +86,12 @@
 		case 'r':
 			restart = 1;
 			break;
+		case 's':
+			syslog = 1;
+			break;
+		case 't':
+			tag = optarg;
+			break;
 		case 'u':
 			user = optarg;
 			break;
@@ -92,6 +104,7 @@
 
 	if (argc == 0)
 		usage();
+	
 
 	ppfh = pfh = NULL;
 	/*
@@ -196,8 +209,42 @@
 		if (user != NULL)
 			restrict_process(user);
 
+		/* Grell's code */
+		if(syslog)
+		{
+			FILE *fl;
+			char logger_cmd[200] = "logger";
+			char tagstring[200];
+			char prioritystring[200];
+
+			if(tag != NULL){
+				snprintf(tagstring, sizeof tagstring, " -t %s", tag);
+				strncat(logger_cmd, tagstring, 199);
+			}
+
+			if(priority != NULL){ /* user specifies the facility and priority */
+				snprintf(prioritystring, sizeof prioritystring, " -p %s", priority);
+				strncat(logger_cmd, prioritystring, 199);
+			}
+
+			fl = popen(logger_cmd,"w");
+			if(fl == NULL){
+				goto exit;
+			}
+			
+			int nf;
+			nf = fileno(fl);
+			dup2(nf,STDOUT_FILENO);
+			dup2(nf,STDERR_FILENO);
+
+			execvp(argv[0], argv);
+		}
+
+		/* end Grell's code */
+
 		execvp(argv[0], argv);
 
+
 		/*
 		 * execvp() failed -- report the error. The child is
 		 * now running, so the exit status doesn't matter.
@@ -271,7 +318,7 @@
 usage(void)
 {
 	(void)fprintf(stderr,
-	    "usage: daemon [-cfr] [-p child_pidfile] [-P supervisor_pidfile] "
+	    "usage: daemon [-cfrs] [-h facility.priority] [-p child_pidfile] [-P supervisor_pidfile] [-t custom_tag] "
 	    "[-u user]\n              command arguments ...\n");
 	exit(1);
 }