--- Dispatch/Syslog.pm.orig	Thu May 17 16:23:51 2001
+++ Dispatch/Syslog.pm	Thu May 17 16:24:15 2001
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
     $self->{ident}    = $params{ident} || $0;
     $self->{logopt}   = $params{logopt} || '';
     $self->{facility} = $params{facility} || 'user';
-    $self->{socket}   = $params{socket} || 'unix';
+    $self->{socket}   = $params{socket} || undef;
 
     $self->{priorities} = [ 'DEBUG',
 			    'INFO',
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
 			    'ALERT',
 			    'EMERG' ];
 
-    Sys::Syslog::setlogsock $self->{socket};
+    Sys::Syslog::setlogsock $self->{socket} if defined $self->{socket};
 }
 
 sub log_message