Linux and UNIX Man Pages

Linux & Unix Commands - Search Man Pages

openpam_log(3) [netbsd man page]

OPENPAM_LOG(3)						   BSD Library Functions Manual 					    OPENPAM_LOG(3)

NAME
openpam_log -- log a message through syslog LIBRARY
Pluggable Authentication Module Library (libpam, -lpam) SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/types.h> #include <security/pam_appl.h> #include <security/openpam.h> 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. BSD
December 18, 2011 BSD

Check Out this Related Man Page

PAM_CHAUTHTOK(3)					   BSD Library Functions Manual 					  PAM_CHAUTHTOK(3)

NAME
pam_chauthtok -- perform password related functions within the PAM framework LIBRARY
Pluggable Authentication Module Library (libpam, -lpam) SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/types.h> #include <security/pam_appl.h> int pam_chauthtok(pam_handle_t *pamh, int flags); DESCRIPTION
The pam_chauthtok function attempts to change the authentication token for the user associated with the pam context specified by the pamh argument. The flags argument is the binary or of zero or more of the following values: PAM_SILENT Do not emit any messages. PAM_CHANGE_EXPIRED_AUTHTOK Change only those authentication tokens that have expired. If any other bits are set, pam_chauthtok will return PAM_SYMBOL_ERR. RETURN VALUES
The pam_chauthtok function returns one of the following values: [PAM_ABORT] General failure. [PAM_AUTHTOK_DISABLE_AGING] Authentication token aging disabled. [PAM_AUTHTOK_ERR] Authentication token failure. [PAM_AUTHTOK_LOCK_BUSY] Authentication token lock busy. [PAM_AUTHTOK_RECOVERY_ERR] Failed to recover old authentication token. [PAM_BUF_ERR] Memory buffer error. [PAM_CONV_ERR] Conversation failure. [PAM_PERM_DENIED] Permission denied. [PAM_SERVICE_ERR] Error in service module. [PAM_SYMBOL_ERR] Invalid symbol. [PAM_SYSTEM_ERR] System error. [PAM_TRY_AGAIN] Try again. SEE ALSO
pam(3), pam_strerror(3) STANDARDS
X/Open Single Sign-On Service (XSSO) - Pluggable Authentication Modules, June 1997. AUTHORS
The pam_chauthtok 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. BSD
December 21, 2007 BSD
Man Page

13 More Discussions You Might Find Interesting

1. Programming

detecting errors in writing to syslog

I am calling "void syslog(int, const char *, ...);" from my c++ application (definition taken from man page for syslog.h". Is there any way to detect that the syslog is not working, so that I can re-direct logging information to stderr? Thanks in advance. David (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: dmirza
2 Replies

2. Solaris

syslog messages every minute

Hi If we have for example a disk that is experiencing problems, ie read errors etc, a message will get generated via syslog every one minute....I come in the morning to hundreds upon hundreds of the same message. Is there anyway to change this to say 5 minutes or maybe 10 mins etc so that it... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: hcclnoodles
1 Replies

3. Cybersecurity

messages and syslog files not being created

Guys, I have a problem whereby my /var/adm/messages and /var/log/syslog are not being generated. A few months ago this server ran out of inodes and from there it started. I was able to bring down the inode count, but the generation of the above-mentioned files still did not happen as normal.... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: jair
1 Replies

4. Linux

Reading syslog messages from windows server

Team, I am very new to Unix and would like to know how to read messages in syslog and also if it possible to export the syslog messages to a windows server event log? Can it be possible to use scripting to achieve this? Thanks, Sarav (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: sarav
1 Replies

5. Red Hat

syslog messages.

Good Day. Any idea on the messages log. it would be a great help to us. Upon checking the on the system logs, I found the following messages: EXT3-fs: INFO: recovery required on readonly filesystem. EXT3-fs: write access will be enabled during recovery. kjournald... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: cabloy
1 Replies

6. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Extracting a Time Span from Syslog Messages File

Hi all, I need your help to explain how I can extract a time span from the syslog messages file on a Solaris 10 system. Here is an example extract of the syslog messages: Dec 4 11:51:38 hajap141-0107.nls.jlrint.com 267938: Dec 4 11:51:36: %DOT11-6-DISASSOC: Interface Dot11Radio0,... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: wthomas
4 Replies

7. Shell Programming and Scripting

syslog.conf

How can i configure messages with warn priority to be logged in /var/log/mywarnings.log ? (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: g0dlik3
1 Replies

8. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Help with central syslog

Hi, I want to collect all syslog messages from thses servers to a central syslog server and store them in seperate files. I created new Redhat server to collect all the system logs, from Linux, Windows and Cisco to this new server. For example: syslog messages from server NY01 >... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: samnyc
4 Replies

9. HP-UX

How to analyse the syslog?

Hi All, When can we see these messages in the syslog. We have service guard cluster software installed on hpux 11iv3 servers. We were able to see the below error so many times in our syslog messages cmdisklockd: Unable to convert device to I/O tree node: I/O tree node does not exist. ... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: Sachin1987
2 Replies

10. AIX

Is this a serious issue? please see the the information below.

Hi Can you please look into the below error, which is logged in error logs. I think its a H/W informational message.But i am curious to know why it got logged. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LABEL: FIRMWARE_EVENT IDENTIFIER: ... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: System Admin 77
2 Replies

11. AIX

I see some errors in syslog files in AIX. can these be ignored ?

Hello, Could you please check the below errors. I found these errors in AIX LPAR syslogs. auth|security:err|error sshd error: Could not load host key: /etc/ssh/ssh_host_ecdsa_key daemon:err|error syslog: slp: 0660-059 Impossible to get local interface for distant address 10.x.x.x. errno... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: Kumar7997
2 Replies

12. Ubuntu

How redirect syslog message to a specified file?

Hello to everyone! I have a question about syslog. I want put the messages of log in a particular file but really i don't know how to do that or i don't get the results that I want. I do this: #include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> #include <syslog.h> int main (void) { ... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: Kovalevski
4 Replies

13. HP-UX

Errors in syslog

These errors keep generating in the syslog which is quite annoying for monitoring for other errors as these are flooding it. Anyone know how to resolve these? Help appreciated. cimservera: user2netname: unknown nameservice ^I^I^I^I^Ifor publickey info 'ldap' Nov 19 13:31:30 server1 sshd:... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: lcclaj0
4 Replies