1.\" Generated from openpam_log.c by gendoc.pl 2.\" $OpenPAM: openpam_log.c 938 2017-04-30 21:34:42Z des $ 3.Dd February 24, 2019 4.Dt OPENPAM_LOG 3 5.Os 6.Sh NAME 7.Nm openpam_log 8.Nd log a message through syslog 9.Sh SYNOPSIS 10.In sys/types.h 11.In security/pam_appl.h 12.In security/openpam.h 13.Ft "void" 14.Fn openpam_log "int level" "const char *fmt" "..." 15.Sh DESCRIPTION 16The 17.Fn openpam_log 18function logs messages using 19.Xr syslog 3 . 20It is primarily intended for internal use by the library and modules. 21.Pp 22The 23.Fa level 24argument indicates the importance of the message. 25The following levels are defined: 26.Bl -tag -width 18n 27.It Dv PAM_LOG_LIBDEBUG 28Debugging messages. 29For internal use only. 30.It Dv PAM_LOG_DEBUG 31Debugging messages. 32These messages are normally not logged unless the global 33integer variable 34.Va openpam_debug 35is set to a non-zero 36value, in which case they are logged with a 37.Xr syslog 3 38priority of 39.Dv LOG_DEBUG . 40.It Dv PAM_LOG_VERBOSE 41Information about the progress of the authentication 42process, or other non-essential messages. 43These messages are logged with a 44.Xr syslog 3 45priority of 46.Dv LOG_INFO . 47.It Dv PAM_LOG_NOTICE 48Messages relating to non-fatal errors. 49These messages are logged with a 50.Xr syslog 3 51priority of 52.Dv LOG_NOTICE . 53.It Dv PAM_LOG_ERROR 54Messages relating to serious errors. 55These messages are logged with a 56.Xr syslog 3 57priority of 58.Dv LOG_ERR . 59.El 60.Pp 61The remaining arguments are a 62.Xr printf 3 63format string and the 64corresponding arguments. 65.Pp 66The 67.Fn openpam_log 68function does not modify the value of 69.Va errno . 70.Sh SEE ALSO 71.Xr pam 3 , 72.Xr printf 3 , 73.Xr syslog 3 74.Sh STANDARDS 75The 76.Fn openpam_log 77function is an OpenPAM extension. 78.Sh AUTHORS 79The 80.Fn openpam_log 81function and this manual page were 82developed for the 83.Fx 84Project by ThinkSec AS and Network Associates Laboratories, the 85Security Research Division of Network Associates, Inc.\& under 86DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035 87.Pq Dq CBOSS , 88as part of the DARPA CHATS research program. 89.Pp 90The OpenPAM library is maintained by 91.An Dag-Erling Sm\(/orgrav Aq Mt des@des.no . 92