$ grep SYSLOG_NG_USER app-admin/syslog-ng/files/3.6/syslog-ng* app-admin/syslog-ng/files/3.6/syslog-ng.confd:# SYSLOG_NG_USER=root app-admin/syslog-ng/files/3.6/syslog-ng.rc6:SYSLOG_NG_USER=${SYSLOG_NG_USER:-root} app-admin/syslog-ng/files/3.6/syslog-ng.rc6:start_stop_daemon_args="--user \"${SYSLOG_NG_USER}\":\"${SYSLOG_NG_GROUP}\"" $ grep SYSLOG_NG_OWNER app-admin/syslog-ng/files/3.6/syslog-ng* app-admin/syslog-ng/files/3.6/syslog-ng.rc6: --owner "${SYSLOG_NG_OWNER}:${SYSLOG_NG_GROUP}" \
thanks for the bug report.