--- logger.c	2007-04-10 11:51:37.799608864 -0500
+++ logger.c	2007-04-10 11:50:59.895248864 -0500
@@ -58,6 +58,10 @@
 
 static int optd = 0;
 
+#ifndef MAX_MSG_LEN
+#define MAX_MSG_LEN 16384
+#endif
+
 static int
 myopenlog(const char *sock) {
        int fd;
@@ -85,13 +89,12 @@
 
 static void
 mysyslog(int fd, int logflags, int pri, char *tag, char *msg) {
-       char buf[1000], pid[30], *cp, *tp;
+       char buf[MAX_MSG_LEN], pid[30], *cp, *tp;
        time_t now;
 
        if (fd > -1) {
-	       /* avoid snprintf - it does not exist on ancient systems */
                if (logflags & LOG_PID)
-                       sprintf (pid, "[%d]", getpid());
+                       snprintf (pid, 30, "[%d]", getpid());
 	       else
 		       pid[0] = 0;
                if (tag)
@@ -104,8 +107,7 @@
                (void)time(&now);
 	       tp = ctime(&now)+4;
 
-	       /* do snprintf by hand - ugly, but for once... */
-               sprintf(buf, "<%d>%.15s %.200s%s: %.400s",
+               snprintf(buf, MAX_MSG_LEN, "<%d>%s %s%s: %s",
 			pri, tp, cp, pid, msg);
 
                if (write(fd, buf, strlen(buf)+1) < 0)
@@ -122,7 +124,7 @@
 int
 main(int argc, char **argv) {
 	int ch, logflags, pri;
-	char *tag, buf[1024];
+	char *tag, buf[MAX_MSG_LEN];
 	char *usock = NULL;
 	int LogSock = -1;