commit - cba01a868748013f838c28ad8005c8377160c76f
commit + 46bcc4ea95b03fe81ad361ee02bd021a7618e5a9
blob - 753bb7267b7a86e0c7c8568d4f0cc2c0892f5a9e
blob + 6b4accb6b4afa887a1560e3be29c8a28b622c449
--- config.c
+++ config.c
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ config_new(void)
 	init_mime(&conf->mime);
 
 	conf->prefork = 3;
+	conf->log_syslog = 1;
 
 #ifdef __OpenBSD__
 	conf->use_privsep_crypto = 1;
@@ -148,6 +149,7 @@ config_purge(struct conf *conf)
 	conf->ps = ps;
 	conf->use_privsep_crypto = use_privsep_crypto;
 	conf->protos = TLS_PROTOCOL_TLSv1_2 | TLS_PROTOCOL_TLSv1_3;
+	conf->log_syslog = 1;
 	init_mime(&conf->mime);
 	TAILQ_INIT(&conf->fcgi);
 	TAILQ_INIT(&conf->hosts);
blob - 472a3e061effc2afdf379b649add052c847737e6
blob + 8f0fd3772518670fde0e69fd2d14f271916eff53
--- gmid.c
+++ gmid.c
@@ -408,6 +408,9 @@ main_send_logfd(struct conf *conf)
 	if (proc_compose_imsg(ps, PROC_LOGGER, -1, IMSG_LOG_ACCESS, -1, fd,
 	    NULL, 0) == -1)
 		return -1;
+	if (proc_compose_imsg(ps, PROC_LOGGER, -1, IMSG_LOG_SYSLOG, -1, -1,
+	    &conf->log_syslog, sizeof(conf->log_syslog)) == -1)
+		return -1;
 	return 0;
 }
 
blob - 58999ba28be31ff75d8b30d617c2dcf37e0ebb77
blob + ebbbc275ad1cb9979a4dd5498c946b62770ea957
--- gmid.conf.5
+++ gmid.conf.5
@@ -134,9 +134,11 @@ Specify logging options.
 Multiple options may be provided within curly braces.
 The available options are as follows:
 .Bl -tag -width Ds
-.It Ic syslog
+.It Ic syslog Op Ic off
 Log to syslog.
-This is the default behaviour.
+It is enabled by default, use the
+.Ic off
+argument to disable.
 .It Ic access Ar file
 Log the requests to
 .Ar file .
blob - 8616099a0fab1f74423a11e75f88814b89c77053
blob + 16935cad5c0d0d07b1fcd0b004fcfc24ff4b7a97
--- gmid.h
+++ gmid.h
@@ -248,6 +248,7 @@ struct conf {
 	char		 user[LOGIN_NAME_MAX];
 	int		 prefork;
 	int		 reload;
+	int		 log_syslog;
 	char		*log_access;
 	enum log_format	 log_format;
 	int		 use_privsep_crypto;
@@ -330,6 +331,7 @@ struct connreq {
 enum imsg_type {
 	IMSG_LOG_REQUEST,
 	IMSG_LOG_ACCESS,
+	IMSG_LOG_SYSLOG,
 
 	IMSG_RECONF_START,
 	IMSG_RECONF_MIME,
blob - 4de68c01d8f6bc7f7ce2d464bc80def0e85b7067
blob + d0e25c9daab970a58ac13056b4a90ae85fc6f801
--- logger.c
+++ logger.c
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 #endif
 
 static int logfd = -1;
+static int log_to_syslog = 1;
 
 static void logger_init(struct privsep *, struct privsep_proc *, void *);
 static void logger_shutdown(void);
@@ -74,6 +75,11 @@ static int
 logger_dispatch_parent(int fd, struct privsep_proc *p, struct imsg *imsg)
 {
 	switch (imsg->hdr.type) {
+	case IMSG_LOG_SYSLOG:
+		if (IMSG_DATA_SIZE(imsg) != sizeof(log_to_syslog))
+			fatal("corrupted IMSG_LOG_SYSLOG");
+		memcpy(&log_to_syslog, imsg->data, sizeof(log_to_syslog));
+		break;
 	case IMSG_LOG_ACCESS:
 		if (logfd != -1)
 			close(logfd);
@@ -104,7 +110,7 @@ logger_dispatch_server(int fd, struct privsep_proc *p,
 		msg[datalen - 1] = '\0';
 		if (logfd != -1)
 			dprintf(logfd, "%s\n", msg);
-		else
+		if (log_to_syslog)
 			syslog(LOG_DAEMON | LOG_NOTICE, "%s", msg);
 		break;
 	default:
blob - 83d0858f36500ebdcf7b9bd1b1dc3415eeccea8f
blob + a47f1f1789a9afdf97fa0db532984f67e2f7f191
--- parse.y
+++ parse.y
@@ -260,10 +260,12 @@ logopts		: /* empty */
 		| logopts logopt optnl
 		;
 
-logopt		: SYSLOG		{
-			free(conf->log_access);
-			conf->log_access = NULL;
+logopt		: SYSLOG OFF		{
+			conf->log_syslog = 0;
 		}
+		| SYSLOG		{
+			conf->log_syslog = 1;
+		}
 		| ACCESS string		{
 			free(conf->log_access);
 			conf->log_access = $2;