diff -u sysklogd-1.5/syslogd.c sysklogd-1.5/syslogd.c
--- sysklogd-1.5/syslogd.c
+++ sysklogd-1.5/syslogd.c
@@ -50,6 +50,10 @@
  *      Added option "-u <user>" to drop privileges to given user after
  *      initialisation.
  *
+ * Sat Jan 24 2008 21:32:00 CET 2008: Tormod Volden
+ *      Added options -U and -G to change log file owner and/or group to
+ *	the user (and/or primary group) of the -u option.
+ *
  * Steve Lord:	Fix UNIX domain socket code, added linux kernel logging
  *		change defines to
  *		SYSLOG_INET	- listen on a UDP socket
@@ -619,6 +623,8 @@
 static int debugging_on = 0;
 static int nlogs = -1;
 static int restart = 0;
+uid_t owner = -1;
+uid_t group = -1;
 
 #define MAXFUNIX	20
 
@@ -898,7 +904,7 @@
 		funix[i]  = -1;
 	}
 
-	while ((ch = getopt(argc, argv, "a:dhf:l:m:np:rs:vu:")) != EOF)	
+	while ((ch = getopt(argc, argv, "a:dhf:Gl:m:np:rs:vu:U")) != EOF)	
 		switch((char)ch) {
 		case 'a':
 			if (nfunix < MAXFUNIX)
@@ -912,6 +918,9 @@
 		case 'f':		/* configuration file */
 			ConfFile = optarg;
 			break;
+		case 'G':
+			group = 0;
+			break;
 		case 'h':
 			NoHops = 0;
 			break;
@@ -961,6 +970,9 @@
                                 exit (1);
                         }
 			break;
+		case 'U':
+			owner = 0;
+			break;
 		case '?':
 		default:
 			usage();
@@ -968,6 +980,8 @@
 	if ((argc -= optind))
 		usage();
 
+	if (owner == 0) owner = uid;
+	if (group == 0) group = gid;
 #ifndef TESTING
 	if ( !(Debug || NoFork) )
 	{
@@ -1278,7 +1292,7 @@
 
 int usage()
 {
-	fprintf(stderr, "usage: syslogd [-drvh] [-l hostlist] [-m markinterval] [-n] [-p path]\n" \
+	fprintf(stderr, "usage: syslogd [-drvhUG] [-l hostlist] [-m markinterval] [-n] [-p path]\n" \
 		" [-s domainlist] [-f conffile] [-u user]\n");
 	exit(1);
 }
@@ -2785,6 +2799,7 @@
 		} else {
 			f->f_file = open(p, O_WRONLY|O_APPEND|O_CREAT|O_NONBLOCK|O_NOCTTY,
 					 0644);
+			fchown(f->f_file, owner, group);
 			f->f_type = F_FILE;
 		}
 		        
diff -u sysklogd-1.5/debian/changelog sysklogd-1.5/debian/changelog
--- sysklogd-1.5/debian/changelog
+++ sysklogd-1.5/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+sysklogd (1.5-5ubuntu4) jaunty; urgency=low
+
+  * add -U and -G options to chown log files
+
+ -- Tormod Volden <debian.tormod@gmail.com>  Sat, 24 Jan 2009 21:35:13 +0100
+
 sysklogd (1.5-5ubuntu3) jaunty; urgency=low
 
   * Add test for /etc/unbound/syslogd to debian/rc (init script) to grab the