NAME
openpam_log
- log a message through syslog
LIBRARY
SYNOPSIS
void
openpam_log(
int level
, const char *fmt
, ...
)
DESCRIPTION
The
openpam_log
function logs messages using
syslog(3).
It is primarily intended for internal use by the library and modules.
The
level
argument indicates the importance of the message.
The following levels are defined:
PAM_LOG_DEBUG
-
Debugging messages.
These messages are normally not logged unless the global
integer variable
_openpam_debug
is set to a non-zero
value, in which case they are logged with a
syslog(3)
priority of
LOG_DEBUG
.
PAM_LOG_VERBOSE
-
Information about the progress of the authentication
process, or other non-essential messages.
These messages are logged with a
syslog(3)
priority of
LOG_INFO
.
PAM_LOG_NOTICE
-
Messages relating to non-fatal errors.
These messages are logged with a
syslog(3)
priority of
LOG_NOTICE
.
PAM_LOG_ERROR
-
Messages relating to serious errors.
These messages are logged with a
syslog(3)
priority of
LOG_ERR
.
The remaining arguments are a
printf(3)
format string and the
corresponding arguments.
SEE ALSO
pam(3),
printf(3),
syslog(3)
STANDARDS
The
openpam_log
function is an OpenPAM extension.
AUTHORS
The
openpam_log
function and this manual page were developed for the
FreeBSD
Project by ThinkSec AS and Network Associates Laboratories, the
Security Research Division of Network Associates, Inc. under
DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035
(``CBOSS''),
as part of the DARPA CHATS research program.