/etc/init.d/klogd is in klogd 1.5-6ubuntu1.
This file is owned by root:root, with mode 0o755.
The actual contents of the file can be viewed below.
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# /etc/init.d/klogd: start the kernel log daemon.
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides:             klogd
# Required-Start:       $syslog
# Required-Stop:        $syslog
# Default-Start:        2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop:         1
# Short-Description:    Kernel logger
### END INIT INFO
PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin
pidfile=/var/run/klogd/klogd.pid
kmsgpipe=/var/run/klogd/kmsg
kmsgpidfile=/var/run/klogd/kmsgpipe.pid
binpath=/sbin/klogd
test -f $binpath || exit 0
. /lib/lsb/init-functions
#  Use KLOGD="-k /boot/System.map-$(uname -r)" to specify System.map
#
KLOGD="-P $kmsgpipe"
test ! -r /etc/default/klogd || . /etc/default/klogd
. /lib/lsb/init-functions
case "$1" in
  start)
    log_begin_msg "Starting kernel log daemon..."
    # create klog-writeable pid and fifo directory
    mkdir -p /var/run/klogd
    chown klog:klog /var/run/klogd
    mkfifo -m 700 $kmsgpipe
    chown klog:klog $kmsgpipe
 
    # shovel /proc/kmsg to pipe readable by klogd user
    start-stop-daemon --start --pidfile $kmsgpidfile --exec /bin/dd -b -m -- bs=1 if=/proc/kmsg of=$kmsgpipe
 
    # start klogd as non-root with reading from kmsgpipe
    start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --chuid klog --exec $binpath -- $KLOGD
    log_end_msg $?
    ;;
  stop)
    log_begin_msg "Stopping kernel log daemon..."
    start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --retry 3 --oknodo --exec $binpath --pidfile $pidfile
    # stop kmsgpipe
    start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --oknodo --pidfile $kmsgpidfile
    rm -f $kmsgpidfile $kmsgpipe
    log_end_msg $?
    ;;
  restart|force-reload)
    $0 stop
    sleep 1
    $0 start
    ;;
  status)
    status_of_proc -p $pidfile $binpath klogd && exit 0 || exit $?
    ;;
  *)
    log_success_msg "Usage: /etc/init.d/klogd {start|stop|restart|force-reload|status}"
    exit 1
esac
exit 0
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