diff --git a/sm5/smartd.c b/sm5/smartd.c
index 6680421c6028bd51dcc4d2b0e32e412cb3b10a2c..32f9f5100b1e73119425ffd8ff8c7020dd9128b7 100644
--- a/sm5/smartd.c
+++ b/sm5/smartd.c
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 
 // CVS ID strings
 extern const char *CVSid1, *CVSid2;
-const char *CVSid3="$Id: smartd.c,v 1.34 2002/10/26 09:58:05 ballen4705 Exp $" 
+const char *CVSid3="$Id: smartd.c,v 1.35 2002/10/26 10:19:16 ballen4705 Exp $" 
 CVSID1 CVSID4 CVSID7;
 
 // This function prints either to stdout or to the syslog as needed
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ void printout(int priority,char *fmt, ...){
     vprintf(fmt,ap);
   else
     vsyslog(priority,fmt,ap);
+    closelog();
   va_end(ap);
   return;
 }
diff --git a/sm5/smartd.cpp b/sm5/smartd.cpp
index c9b16d763ce63dcf3b3fae989684a397ee4c0f90..34abbce270c7770fda8f645983561d96cfda3466 100644
--- a/sm5/smartd.cpp
+++ b/sm5/smartd.cpp
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 
 // CVS ID strings
 extern const char *CVSid1, *CVSid2;
-const char *CVSid3="$Id: smartd.cpp,v 1.34 2002/10/26 09:58:05 ballen4705 Exp $" 
+const char *CVSid3="$Id: smartd.cpp,v 1.35 2002/10/26 10:19:16 ballen4705 Exp $" 
 CVSID1 CVSID4 CVSID7;
 
 // This function prints either to stdout or to the syslog as needed
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ void printout(int priority,char *fmt, ...){
     vprintf(fmt,ap);
   else
     vsyslog(priority,fmt,ap);
+    closelog();
   va_end(ap);
   return;
 }
diff --git a/sm5/smartd.h b/sm5/smartd.h
index 64e2239410cc10b022820b469cc05bf8735c3e5d..bf0fdd3f660b1b93cff2a0d21e07434ca03438d9 100644
--- a/sm5/smartd.h
+++ b/sm5/smartd.h
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
  */
 
 #ifndef CVSID7
-#define CVSID7 "$Id: smartd.h,v 1.10 2002/10/26 09:38:26 ballen4705 Exp $\n"
+#define CVSID7 "$Id: smartd.h,v 1.11 2002/10/26 10:19:16 ballen4705 Exp $\n"
 #endif
 
 // Configuration file
@@ -31,13 +31,15 @@
 #define MAXLINELEN 114
 #define MAXENTRIES 64
 
-// BAD PROGRAMMING PRACTICE - GLOBAL VARIABLES SHOULD BE IN .c NOT .h
-// FILE
+// BAD PROGRAMMING - GLOBAL VARIABLES SHOULD BE IN .c NOT .h FILE
+
 /* how often SMART status is checked, in seconds */
 int checktime = 1800;
+
 // number of ATA and SCSI devices being watched
 int numatadevices;
 int numscsidevices;
+
 #define MAXATADEVICES	12
 #define MAXSCSIDEVICES	26