diff -urpN busybox-1.16.0/sysklogd/syslogd.c busybox-1.16.0-syslogd/sysklogd/syslogd.c
--- busybox-1.16.0/sysklogd/syslogd.c	2010-01-25 01:59:38.000000000 +0100
+++ busybox-1.16.0-syslogd/sysklogd/syslogd.c	2010-02-21 01:53:33.000000000 +0100
@@ -698,7 +698,7 @@ int syslogd_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, 
 	if (!(opts & OPT_nofork)) {
 		bb_daemonize_or_rexec(DAEMON_CHDIR_ROOT, argv);
 	}
-	umask(0);
+	//umask(0); - why??
 	write_pidfile("/var/run/syslogd.pid");
 	do_syslogd();
 	/* return EXIT_SUCCESS; */