--- a/shorewall-lite	2009-12-05 22:35:20.000000000 -0500
+++ b/shorewall-lite	2009-12-05 22:35:27.000000000 -0500
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
 
     if ( ps ax 2> /dev/null | grep -v grep |  qt grep 'syslogd.*-C' ) ; then
 	LOGREAD="logread | tac"
-    elif [ -f $LOGFILE ]; then
+    elif [ -r $LOGFILE ]; then
 	LOGREAD="tac $LOGFILE"
     else
 	echo "LOGFILE ($LOGFILE) does not exist!" >&2
--- a/shorewall-lite.conf	2009-12-05 22:37:43.000000000 -0500
+++ b/shorewall-lite.conf	2009-12-05 22:37:51.000000000 -0500
@@ -46,4 +46,6 @@
 
 RESTOREFILE=
 
+LOGFILE=/dev/null
+
 #LAST LINE -- DO NOT REMOVE
