COMMAND

    syslog

SYSTEMS AFFECTED

    Solaris 2.5.1

PROBLEM

    Lauren P. Burka found  following.  The file  /etc/init.d/syslog in
    Solaris 2.5.1 (Sparc version, latest patch set), does not identify
    which shell should execute it.  If root is set to use csh (instead
    of sh or ksh), syslog will  fail to start.  If you  were expecting
    syslog to tell you anything, you lose.

SOLUTION

    It's easy  to fix;  just add  "#!/bin/sh" to  the beginning of the
    script.  Other  startup scripts (including  cron) also lack  shell
    specifications, but appear to work just fine under csh.

    Sun says that yes, this is a bug, and it's fixed in 2.6.