In short, RTFM...
From the Sys::Syslog POD

=head1 SYNOPSIS

    use Sys::Syslog;                          # all except setlogsock(
+), or:
    use Sys::Syslog qw(:DEFAULT setlogsock);  # default set, plus setl
+ogsock()
    use Sys::Syslog qw(:standard :macros);    # standard functions, pl
+us macros

    setlogsock $sock_type;
    openlog $ident, $logopt, $facility;       # don't forget this
    syslog $priority, $format, @args;
    $oldmask = setlogmask $mask_priority;
    closelog;

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Note the line marked "don't forget this"

Basically, when logging to syslog you need both a priority and a facility. The command-line logger tool defaults to "user" as facility, but Sys::Syslog apparently does not, so you need the openlog call to set the facility.

Update: Actually adding openlog doesn't seem to fix it, so that wasn't much help I'm afraid.

In reply to Re: Sys::Syslog and LOG_EMERG by Crackers2
in thread Sys::Syslog and LOG_EMERG by pileofrogs

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