--- syslog-ng/files/syslog-ng.rc6-r1	2007-03-14 03:05:23.000000000 -0700
+++ modified/files/syslog-ng.rc7	2007-04-20 16:44:31.000000000 -0700
@@ -26,8 +26,10 @@
 start() {
 	checkconfig || return 1
 	ebegin "Starting syslog-ng"
-	[ -n "${SYSLOG_NG_OPTS}" ] && SYSLOG_NG_OPTS="-- ${SYSLOG_NG_OPTS}"
-	start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --exec /usr/sbin/syslog-ng ${SYSLOG_NG_OPTS}
+	[[ -n ${SYSLOG_NG_OPTS} ]] && SYSLOG_NG_OPTS="-- ${SYSLOG_NG_OPTS}"
+	start-stop-daemon --nicelevel ${SYSLOG_NG_NICELEVEL:-0} \
+          --start --quiet \
+          --exec /usr/sbin/syslog-ng ${SYSLOG_NG_OPTS}
 	eend $? "Failed to start syslog-ng"
 }