SKIP: {
    skip 'no UNIX sockets on Windows', 2 if $^O =~ /Win/;
    SKIP: {
        use Sys::Syslog ();
        my $path = Sys::Syslog::_PATH_LOG() || '/dev/log';
        skip 'unable to detect syslog socket', 1 if !-S $path;
        lives_ok  { $LOG->config({type=>'unix',path=>$path})   };
    }
    throws_ok { $LOG->config({type=>'unix',path=>'nosuch'})     } qr/connect:/;
}