can't seem to get syslog working

Hello,
My system is an EL4 setup.

I've written a simple program and I'd expect this to log to /var/log/messages but unfortunately this remains resolutely empty.

#include <syslog.h>

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
openlog("logtest", LOG_PID, LOG_LOCAL1);

syslog(LOG_INFO, "Program started by User");

closelog();

return 0;
}

my /etc/syslog.conf is pretty much the default, which indicates that it should be logging info messages or higher.


# Log all kernel messages to the console.
# Logging much else clutters up the screen.
#kern.* /dev/console

# Log anything (except mail) of level info or higher.
# Don't log private authentication messages!
*.info;mail.none;authpriv.none;cron.none /var/log/messages

# The authpriv file has restricted access.
authpriv.* /var/log/secure

# Log all the mail messages in one place.
mail.* -/var/log/maillog


# Log cron stuff
cron.* /var/log/cron

# Everybody gets emergency messages
*.emerg *

# Save news errors of level crit and higher in a special file.
uucp,news.crit /var/log/spooler

# Save boot messages also to boot.log
local7.* /var/log/boot.log


I've checked with ps and syslogd is running!

I'd appreciate any ideas.

MTIA.

.

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