1.\" $NetBSD: openpam_log.3,v 1.2 2011/12/25 22:27:55 christos Exp $ 2.\" 3.\"- 4.\" Copyright (c) 2001-2003 Networks Associates Technology, Inc. 5.\" Copyright (c) 2004-2011 Dag-Erling Smørgrav 6.\" All rights reserved. 7.\" 8.\" This software was developed for the FreeBSD Project by ThinkSec AS and 9.\" Network Associates Laboratories, the Security Research Division of 10.\" Network Associates, Inc. under DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035 11.\" ("CBOSS"), as part of the DARPA CHATS research program. 12.\" 13.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 14.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 15.\" are met: 16.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 17.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 18.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 19.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 20.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 21.\" 3. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote 22.\" products derived from this software without specific prior written 23.\" permission. 24.\" 25.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND 26.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE 27.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE 28.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE 29.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 30.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 31.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 32.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 33.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 34.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 35.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 36.\" 37.\" Id 38.\" 39.Dd December 18, 2011 40.Dt OPENPAM_LOG 3 41.Os 42.Sh NAME 43.Nm openpam_log 44.Nd log a message through syslog 45.Sh LIBRARY 46.Lb libpam 47.Sh SYNOPSIS 48.In sys/types.h 49.In security/pam_appl.h 50.In security/openpam.h 51.Ft "void" 52.Fn openpam_log "int level" "const char *fmt" "..." 53.Sh DESCRIPTION 54The 55.Nm 56function logs messages using 57.Xr syslog 3 . 58It is primarily intended for internal use by the library and modules. 59.Pp 60The 61.Fa level 62argument indicates the importance of the message. 63The following levels are defined: 64.Bl -tag -width 18n 65.It Dv PAM_LOG_DEBUG 66Debugging messages. 67These messages are normally not logged unless the global 68integer variable 69.Va openpam_debug 70is set to a non-zero 71value, in which case they are logged with a 72.Xr syslog 3 73priority of 74.Dv LOG_DEBUG . 75.It Dv PAM_LOG_VERBOSE 76Information about the progress of the authentication 77process, or other non-essential messages. 78These messages are logged with a 79.Xr syslog 3 80priority of 81.Dv LOG_INFO . 82.It Dv PAM_LOG_NOTICE 83Messages relating to non-fatal errors. 84These messages are logged with a 85.Xr syslog 3 86priority of 87.Dv LOG_NOTICE . 88.It Dv PAM_LOG_ERROR 89Messages relating to serious errors. 90These messages are logged with a 91.Xr syslog 3 92priority of 93.Dv LOG_ERR . 94.El 95.Pp 96The remaining arguments are a 97.Xr printf 3 98format string and the 99corresponding arguments. 100.Sh SEE ALSO 101.Xr pam 3 , 102.Xr printf 3 , 103.Xr syslog 3 104.Sh STANDARDS 105The 106.Nm 107function is an OpenPAM extension. 108.Sh AUTHORS 109The 110.Nm 111function and this manual page were developed for the 112.Fx 113Project by 114ThinkSec AS and Network Associates Laboratories, the 115Security Research Division of Network Associates, Inc.\& under 116DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035 117.Pq Dq CBOSS , 118as part of the DARPA CHATS research program. 119