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diff --git a/tests/test-syslog.lua b/tests/test-syslog.lua
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+local l = require "luxio"
+
+math.randomseed(os.time())
+
+local f = io.open("/var/log/syslog", "r")
+if f == nil then
+	print "Need to read syslog, are you root?"
+	os.exit(1)
+end
+
+l.openlog("test-syslog", 0, l.LOG_DAEMON)
+
+local randomstrs = {}
+
+for i=1,10 do
+	randomstrs[i] = tostring(math.random(1, 1000))
+end
+
+local randomstr = table.concat(randomstrs)
+
+l.syslog(l.LOG_DAEMON, randomstr)
+l.closelog()
+
+local text = f:read("*all")
+
+s, e = string.find(text, randomstr)
+
+if string.sub(text, s, e) == randomstr then
+	print("TEST PASSES")
+else
+	print("TEST FAILS")
+end