"\n" should be removed please take a look at the message specification with examples https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5424#page-8 source - sysklogd/syslog.c https://git.busybox.net/busybox/tree/sysklogd/syslogd.c#n1059 1059 /* Stock syslogd sends it '\n'-terminated 1060 * over network, mimic that */ 1061 recvbuf[sz] = '\n'; 1078 if (sendto(rh->remoteFD, recvbuf, sz+1,