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45 .Nd control system log
52 .Fn syslog "int priority" "const char *message" "..."
54 .Fn vsyslog "int priority" "const char *message" "va_list args"
56 .Fn openlog "const char *ident" "int logopt" "int facility"
60 .Fn setlogmask "int maskpri"
67 to the system message logger.
68 The message is then written to the system console, log files,
69 logged-in users, or forwarded to other machines as appropriate.
73 The message is identical to a
75 format string, except that
77 is replaced by the current error
79 (As denoted by the global variable
83 A trailing newline is added if none is present.
88 is an alternate form in which the arguments have already been captured
89 using the variable-length argument facilities of
92 The message is tagged with
94 Priorities are encoded as a
98 The facility describes the part of the system
99 generating the message.
100 The level is selected from the following
103 .Bl -tag -width LOG_AUTHPRIV
106 This is normally broadcast to all users.
108 A condition that should be corrected immediately, such as a corrupted
111 Critical conditions, e.g., hard device errors.
117 Conditions that are not error conditions,
118 but should possibly be handled specially.
120 Informational messages.
122 Messages that contain information
123 normally of use only when debugging a program.
129 provides for more specialized processing of the messages sent
136 is a string that will be prepended to every message.
140 is a bit field specifying logging options, which is formed by
142 one or more of the following values:
143 .Bl -tag -width LOG_AUTHPRIV
147 cannot pass the message to
149 it will attempt to write the message to the console
150 .Pq Dq Pa /dev/console .
152 Open the connection to
155 Normally the open is delayed until the first message is logged.
156 Useful for programs that need to manage the order in which file
157 descriptors are allocated.
159 Write the message to standard error output as well to the system log.
161 Log the process id with each message: useful for identifying
162 instantiations of daemons.
167 parameter encodes a default facility to be assigned to all messages
168 that do not have an explicit facility encoded:
169 .Bl -tag -width LOG_AUTHPRIV
171 The authorization system:
179 but logged to a file readable only by
180 selected individuals.
184 by the kernel console output driver.
189 System daemons, such as
191 that are not provided for explicitly by other facilities.
193 The file transfer protocol daemons:
197 Messages generated by the kernel.
198 These cannot be generated by any user processes.
200 The line printer spooling system:
208 The network news system.
210 Security subsystems, such as
213 Messages generated internally by
216 Messages generated by random user processes.
217 This is the default facility identifier if none is specified.
221 Reserved for local use.
231 can be used to close the log file.
236 sets the log priority mask to
238 and returns the previous mask.
241 with a priority not set in
244 The mask for an individual priority
246 is calculated by the macro
248 the mask for all priorities up to and including
250 is given by the macro
251 .Fn LOG_UPTO toppri ; .
252 The default allows all priorities to be logged.
264 always returns the previous log mask level.
266 .Bd -literal -offset indent -compact
267 syslog(LOG_ALERT, "who: internal error 23");
269 openlog("ftpd", LOG_PID | LOG_NDELAY, LOG_FTP);
271 setlogmask(LOG_UPTO(LOG_ERR));
273 syslog(LOG_INFO, "Connection from host %d", CallingHost);
275 syslog(LOG_INFO|LOG_LOCAL2, "foobar error: %m");
282 functions appeared in