--- syslog-ng-3.0.1/src/misc.c~	2008-11-05 20:57:42.000000000 +0100
+++ syslog-ng-3.0.1/src/misc.c	2009-01-16 11:43:30.896633603 +0100
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@
   struct passwd *pw;
 
   *uid = 0;
-  if (*user)
+  if (!*user)
     return FALSE;
     
   pw = getpwnam(user);
commit 11f8d45b016107a686dbfa29497960ae3f6145ac
Author: Balazs Scheidler <bazsi@balabit.hu>
Date:   Fri Jan 16 14:44:53 2009 +0100

    [config parser] "syslog" became a reserved word, make it possible to use that as a facility name
    
    	In syslog-ng 3.0, "syslog" became a reserved word, thus the facility()
    	filter couldn't use it as name for the facility named syslog.
    
    	To avoid having to quote this word, I added a kludge to the
    	config grammar, to make it recognize syslog as a facility name
    	based on context.

diff --git a/src/cfg-grammar.y b/src/cfg-grammar.y
index c40b7fb..d54ba8f 100644
--- a/src/cfg-grammar.y
+++ b/src/cfg-grammar.y
@@ -277,6 +277,7 @@ cfg_check_template(LogTemplate *template)
 
 %type	<cptr> string
 %type	<cptr> string_or_number
+%type	<cptr> facility_string
 %type   <ptr> string_list
 %type   <ptr> string_list_build
 
@@ -464,7 +465,7 @@ source_affile_option
               affile_sd_set_pri_level(last_driver, level); 
             free($3);
           }
-        | KW_FACILITY '(' string ')'    
+        | KW_FACILITY '(' facility_string ')'
 
           {
             int facility = -1;
@@ -1305,7 +1306,7 @@ filter_fac_list
 	;
 
 filter_fac
-	: string				
+	: facility_string
 	  { 
 	    int n = syslog_name_lookup_facility_by_name($1);
 	    if (n == -1)
@@ -1499,6 +1500,11 @@ string_list_build
         |					{ $$ = NULL; }
         ;
 
+facility_string
+        : string                                { $$ = $1; };
+        | KW_SYSLOG                             { $$ = strdup("syslog"); }
+        ;
+
 %%
 
 extern int linenum;