1package Sys::Syslog;
2use strict;
3use warnings;
4use warnings::register;
5use Carp;
6use Exporter        qw< import >;
7use File::Basename;
8use POSIX           qw< strftime setlocale LC_TIME >;
9use Socket          qw< :all >;
10require 5.005;
11
12
13{   no strict 'vars';
14    $VERSION = '0.33_01';
15
16    %EXPORT_TAGS = (
17        standard => [qw(openlog syslog closelog setlogmask)],
18        extended => [qw(setlogsock)],
19        macros => [
20            # levels
21            qw(
22                LOG_ALERT LOG_CRIT LOG_DEBUG LOG_EMERG LOG_ERR
23                LOG_INFO LOG_NOTICE LOG_WARNING
24            ),
25
26            # standard facilities
27            qw(
28                LOG_AUTH LOG_AUTHPRIV LOG_CRON LOG_DAEMON LOG_FTP LOG_KERN
29                LOG_LOCAL0 LOG_LOCAL1 LOG_LOCAL2 LOG_LOCAL3 LOG_LOCAL4
30                LOG_LOCAL5 LOG_LOCAL6 LOG_LOCAL7 LOG_LPR LOG_MAIL LOG_NEWS
31                LOG_SYSLOG LOG_USER LOG_UUCP
32            ),
33            # Mac OS X specific facilities
34            qw( LOG_INSTALL LOG_LAUNCHD LOG_NETINFO LOG_RAS LOG_REMOTEAUTH ),
35            # modern BSD specific facilities
36            qw( LOG_CONSOLE LOG_NTP LOG_SECURITY ),
37            # IRIX specific facilities
38            qw( LOG_AUDIT LOG_LFMT ),
39
40            # options
41            qw(
42                LOG_CONS LOG_PID LOG_NDELAY LOG_NOWAIT LOG_ODELAY LOG_PERROR
43            ),
44
45            # others macros
46            qw(
47                LOG_FACMASK LOG_NFACILITIES LOG_PRIMASK
48                LOG_MASK LOG_UPTO
49            ),
50        ],
51    );
52
53    @EXPORT = (
54        @{$EXPORT_TAGS{standard}},
55    );
56
57    @EXPORT_OK = (
58        @{$EXPORT_TAGS{extended}},
59        @{$EXPORT_TAGS{macros}},
60    );
61
62    eval {
63        require XSLoader;
64        XSLoader::load('Sys::Syslog', $VERSION);
65        1
66    } or do {
67        require DynaLoader;
68        push @ISA, 'DynaLoader';
69        bootstrap Sys::Syslog $VERSION;
70    };
71}
72
73
74#
75# Public variables
76#
77use vars qw($host);             # host to send syslog messages to (see notes at end)
78
79#
80# Prototypes
81#
82sub silent_eval (&);
83
84#
85# Global variables
86#
87use vars qw($facility);
88my $connected       = 0;        # flag to indicate if we're connected or not
89my $syslog_send;                # coderef of the function used to send messages
90my $syslog_path     = undef;    # syslog path for "stream" and "unix" mechanisms
91my $syslog_xobj     = undef;    # if defined, holds the external object used to send messages
92my $transmit_ok     = 0;        # flag to indicate if the last message was transmitted
93my $sock_port       = undef;    # socket port
94my $sock_timeout    = 0;        # socket timeout, see below
95my $current_proto   = undef;    # current mechanism used to transmit messages
96my $ident           = '';       # identifiant prepended to each message
97$facility           = '';       # current facility
98my $maskpri         = LOG_UPTO(&LOG_DEBUG);     # current log mask
99
100my %options = (
101    ndelay  => 0,
102    noeol   => 0,
103    nofatal => 0,
104    nonul   => 0,
105    nowait  => 0,
106    perror  => 0,
107    pid     => 0,
108);
109
110# Default is now to first use the native mechanism, so Perl programs
111# behave like other normal Unix programs, then try other mechanisms.
112my @connectMethods = qw(native tcp udp unix pipe stream console);
113if ($^O eq "freebsd" or $^O eq "linux") {
114    @connectMethods = grep { $_ ne 'udp' } @connectMethods;
115}
116
117# And on Win32 systems, we try to use the native mechanism for this
118# platform, the events logger, available through Win32::EventLog.
119EVENTLOG: {
120    my $is_Win32 = $^O =~ /Win32/i;
121
122    if (can_load("Sys::Syslog::Win32", $is_Win32)) {
123        unshift @connectMethods, 'eventlog';
124    }
125}
126
127my @defaultMethods = @connectMethods;
128my @fallbackMethods = ();
129
130# The timeout in connection_ok() was pushed up to 0.25 sec in
131# Sys::Syslog v0.19 in order to address a heisenbug on MacOSX:
132# http://london.pm.org/pipermail/london.pm/Week-of-Mon-20061211/005961.html
133#
134# However, this also had the effect of slowing this test for
135# all other operating systems, which apparently impacted some
136# users (cf. CPAN-RT #34753). So, in order to make everybody
137# happy, the timeout is now zero by default on all systems
138# except on OSX where it is set to 250 msec, and can be set
139# with the infamous setlogsock() function.
140#
141# Update 2011-08: this issue is also been seen on multiprocessor
142# Debian GNU/kFreeBSD systems. See http://bugs.debian.org/627821
143# and https://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=69997
144# Also, lowering the delay to 1 ms, which should be enough.
145
146$sock_timeout = 0.001 if $^O =~ /darwin|gnukfreebsd/;
147
148
149# Perl 5.6.0's warnings.pm doesn't have warnings::warnif()
150if (not defined &warnings::warnif) {
151    *warnings::warnif = sub {
152        goto &warnings::warn if warnings::enabled(__PACKAGE__)
153    }
154}
155
156# coderef for a nicer handling of errors
157my $err_sub = $options{nofatal} ? \&warnings::warnif : \&croak;
158
159
160sub AUTOLOAD {
161    # This AUTOLOAD is used to 'autoload' constants from the constant()
162    # XS function.
163    no strict 'vars';
164    my $constname;
165    ($constname = $AUTOLOAD) =~ s/.*:://;
166    croak "Sys::Syslog::constant() not defined" if $constname eq 'constant';
167    my ($error, $val) = constant($constname);
168    croak $error if $error;
169    no strict 'refs';
170    *$AUTOLOAD = sub { $val };
171    goto &$AUTOLOAD;
172}
173
174
175sub openlog {
176    ($ident, my $logopt, $facility) = @_;
177
178    # default values
179    $ident    ||= basename($0) || getlogin() || getpwuid($<) || 'syslog';
180    $logopt   ||= '';
181    $facility ||= LOG_USER();
182
183    for my $opt (split /\b/, $logopt) {
184        $options{$opt} = 1 if exists $options{$opt}
185    }
186
187    $err_sub = delete $options{nofatal} ? \&warnings::warnif : \&croak;
188    return 1 unless $options{ndelay};
189    connect_log();
190}
191
192sub closelog {
193    disconnect_log() if $connected;
194    $options{$_} = 0 for keys %options;
195    $facility = $ident = "";
196    $connected = 0;
197    return 1
198}
199
200sub setlogmask {
201    my $oldmask = $maskpri;
202    $maskpri = shift unless $_[0] == 0;
203    $oldmask;
204}
205
206
207my %mechanism = (
208    console => {
209        check   => sub { 1 },
210    },
211    eventlog => {
212        check   => sub { return can_load("Win32::EventLog") },
213        err_msg => "no Win32 API available",
214    },
215    inet => {
216        check   => sub { 1 },
217    },
218    native => {
219        check   => sub { 1 },
220    },
221    pipe => {
222        check   => sub {
223            ($syslog_path) = grep { defined && length && -p && -w _ }
224                                $syslog_path, &_PATH_LOG, "/dev/log";
225            return $syslog_path ? 1 : 0
226        },
227        err_msg => "path not available",
228    },
229    stream => {
230        check   => sub {
231            if (not defined $syslog_path) {
232                my @try = qw(/dev/log /dev/conslog);
233                unshift @try, &_PATH_LOG  if length &_PATH_LOG;
234                ($syslog_path) = grep { -w } @try;
235            }
236            return defined $syslog_path && -w $syslog_path
237        },
238        err_msg => "could not find any writable device",
239    },
240    tcp => {
241        check   => sub {
242            return 1 if defined $sock_port;
243
244            if (getservbyname('syslog', 'tcp') || getservbyname('syslogng', 'tcp')) {
245                $host = $syslog_path;
246                return 1
247            }
248            else {
249                return
250            }
251        },
252        err_msg => "TCP service unavailable",
253    },
254    udp => {
255        check   => sub {
256            return 1 if defined $sock_port;
257
258            if (getservbyname('syslog', 'udp')) {
259                $host = $syslog_path;
260                return 1
261            }
262            else {
263                return
264            }
265        },
266        err_msg => "UDP service unavailable",
267    },
268    unix => {
269        check   => sub {
270            my @try = ($syslog_path, &_PATH_LOG);
271            ($syslog_path) = grep { defined && length && -w } @try;
272            return defined $syslog_path && -w $syslog_path
273        },
274        err_msg => "path not available",
275    },
276);
277
278sub setlogsock {
279    my %opt;
280
281    # handle arguments
282    # - old API: setlogsock($sock_type, $sock_path, $sock_timeout)
283    # - new API: setlogsock(\%options)
284    croak "setlogsock(): Invalid number of arguments"
285        unless @_ >= 1 and @_ <= 3;
286
287    if (my $ref = ref $_[0]) {
288        if ($ref eq "HASH") {
289            %opt = %{ $_[0] };
290            croak "setlogsock(): No argument given" unless keys %opt;
291        }
292        elsif ($ref eq "ARRAY") {
293            @opt{qw< type path timeout >} = @_;
294        }
295        else {
296            croak "setlogsock(): Unexpected \L$ref\E reference"
297        }
298    }
299    else {
300        @opt{qw< type path timeout >} = @_;
301    }
302
303    # check socket type, remove invalid ones
304    my $diag_invalid_type = "setlogsock(): Invalid type%s; must be one of "
305                          . join ", ", map { "'$_'" } sort keys %mechanism;
306    croak sprintf $diag_invalid_type, "" unless defined $opt{type};
307    my @sock_types = ref $opt{type} eq "ARRAY" ? @{$opt{type}} : ($opt{type});
308    my @tmp;
309
310    for my $sock_type (@sock_types) {
311        carp sprintf $diag_invalid_type, " '$sock_type'" and next
312            unless exists $mechanism{$sock_type};
313        push @tmp, "tcp", "udp" and next  if $sock_type eq "inet";
314        push @tmp, $sock_type;
315    }
316
317    @sock_types = @tmp;
318
319    # set global options
320    $syslog_path  = $opt{path}    if defined $opt{path};
321    $host         = $opt{host}    if defined $opt{host};
322    $sock_timeout = $opt{timeout} if defined $opt{timeout};
323    $sock_port    = $opt{port}    if defined $opt{port};
324
325    disconnect_log() if $connected;
326    $transmit_ok = 0;
327    @fallbackMethods = ();
328    @connectMethods = ();
329    my $found = 0;
330
331    # check each given mechanism and test if it can be used on the current system
332    for my $sock_type (@sock_types) {
333        if ( $mechanism{$sock_type}{check}->() ) {
334            push @connectMethods, $sock_type;
335            $found = 1;
336        }
337        else {
338            warnings::warnif("setlogsock(): type='$sock_type': "
339                           . $mechanism{$sock_type}{err_msg});
340        }
341    }
342
343    # if no mechanism worked from the given ones, use the default ones
344    @connectMethods = @defaultMethods unless @connectMethods;
345
346    return $found;
347}
348
349sub syslog {
350    my ($priority, $mask, @args) = @_;
351    my ($message, $buf);
352    my (@words, $num, $numpri, $numfac, $sum);
353    my $failed = undef;
354    my $fail_time = undef;
355    my $error = $!;
356
357    # if $ident is undefined, it means openlog() wasn't previously called
358    # so do it now in order to have sensible defaults
359    openlog() unless $ident;
360
361    local $facility = $facility;    # may need to change temporarily.
362
363    croak "syslog: expecting argument \$priority" unless defined $priority;
364    croak "syslog: expecting argument \$format"   unless defined $mask;
365
366    if ($priority =~ /^\d+$/) {
367        $numpri = LOG_PRI($priority);
368        $numfac = LOG_FAC($priority) << 3;
369    }
370    elsif ($priority =~ /^\w+/) {
371        # Allow "level" or "level|facility".
372        @words = split /\W+/, $priority, 2;
373
374        undef $numpri;
375        undef $numfac;
376
377        for my $word (@words) {
378            next if length $word == 0;
379
380            # Translate word to number.
381            $num = xlate($word);
382
383            if ($num < 0) {
384                croak "syslog: invalid level/facility: $word"
385            }
386            elsif ($num <= LOG_PRIMASK() and $word ne "kern") {
387                croak "syslog: too many levels given: $word"
388                    if defined $numpri;
389                $numpri = $num;
390            }
391            else {
392                croak "syslog: too many facilities given: $word"
393                    if defined $numfac;
394                $facility = $word if $word =~ /^[A-Za-z]/;
395                $numfac = $num;
396            }
397        }
398    }
399    else {
400        croak "syslog: invalid level/facility: $priority"
401    }
402
403    croak "syslog: level must be given" unless defined $numpri;
404
405    # don't log if priority is below mask level
406    return 0 unless LOG_MASK($numpri) & $maskpri;
407
408    if (not defined $numfac) {  # Facility not specified in this call.
409	$facility = 'user' unless $facility;
410	$numfac = xlate($facility);
411    }
412
413    connect_log() unless $connected;
414
415    if ($mask =~ /%m/) {
416        # escape percent signs for sprintf()
417        $error =~ s/%/%%/g if @args;
418        # replace %m with $error, if preceded by an even number of percent signs
419        $mask =~ s/(?<!%)((?:%%)*)%m/$1$error/g;
420    }
421
422    $mask .= "\n" unless $mask =~ /\n$/;
423    $message = @args ? sprintf($mask, @args) : $mask;
424
425    if ($current_proto eq 'native') {
426        $buf = $message;
427    }
428    elsif ($current_proto eq 'eventlog') {
429        $buf = $message;
430    }
431    else {
432        my $whoami = $ident;
433        $whoami .= "[$$]" if $options{pid};
434
435        $sum = $numpri + $numfac;
436        my $oldlocale = setlocale(LC_TIME);
437        setlocale(LC_TIME, 'C');
438        my $timestamp = strftime "%b %d %H:%M:%S", localtime;
439        setlocale(LC_TIME, $oldlocale);
440
441        # construct the stream that will be transmitted
442        $buf = "<$sum>$timestamp $whoami: $message";
443
444        # add (or not) a newline
445        $buf .= "\n" if !$options{noeol} and rindex($buf, "\n") == -1;
446
447        # add (or not) a NUL character
448        $buf .= "\0" if !$options{nonul};
449    }
450
451    # handle PERROR option
452    # "native" mechanism already handles it by itself
453    if ($options{perror} and $current_proto ne 'native') {
454        my $whoami = $ident;
455        $whoami .= "[$$]" if $options{pid};
456        print STDERR "$whoami: $message\n";
457    }
458
459    # it's possible that we'll get an error from sending
460    # (e.g. if method is UDP and there is no UDP listener,
461    # then we'll get ECONNREFUSED on the send). So what we
462    # want to do at this point is to fallback onto a different
463    # connection method.
464    while (scalar @fallbackMethods || $syslog_send) {
465	if ($failed && (time - $fail_time) > 60) {
466	    # it's been a while... maybe things have been fixed
467	    @fallbackMethods = ();
468	    disconnect_log();
469	    $transmit_ok = 0; # make it look like a fresh attempt
470	    connect_log();
471        }
472
473	if ($connected && !connection_ok()) {
474	    # Something was OK, but has now broken. Remember coz we'll
475	    # want to go back to what used to be OK.
476	    $failed = $current_proto unless $failed;
477	    $fail_time = time;
478	    disconnect_log();
479	}
480
481	connect_log() unless $connected;
482	$failed = undef if ($current_proto && $failed && $current_proto eq $failed);
483
484	if ($syslog_send) {
485            if ($syslog_send->($buf, $numpri, $numfac)) {
486		$transmit_ok++;
487		return 1;
488	    }
489	    # typically doesn't happen, since errors are rare from write().
490	    disconnect_log();
491	}
492    }
493    # could not send, could not fallback onto a working
494    # connection method. Lose.
495    return 0;
496}
497
498sub _syslog_send_console {
499    my ($buf) = @_;
500
501    # The console print is a method which could block
502    # so we do it in a child process and always return success
503    # to the caller.
504    if (my $pid = fork) {
505
506	if ($options{nowait}) {
507	    return 1;
508	} else {
509	    if (waitpid($pid, 0) >= 0) {
510	    	return ($? >> 8);
511	    } else {
512		# it's possible that the caller has other
513		# plans for SIGCHLD, so let's not interfere
514		return 1;
515	    }
516	}
517    } else {
518        if (open(CONS, ">/dev/console")) {
519	    my $ret = print CONS $buf . "\r";  # XXX: should this be \x0A ?
520	    POSIX::_exit($ret) if defined $pid;
521	    close CONS;
522	}
523
524	POSIX::_exit(0) if defined $pid;
525    }
526}
527
528sub _syslog_send_stream {
529    my ($buf) = @_;
530    # XXX: this only works if the OS stream implementation makes a write
531    # look like a putmsg() with simple header. For instance it works on
532    # Solaris 8 but not Solaris 7.
533    # To be correct, it should use a STREAMS API, but perl doesn't have one.
534    return syswrite(SYSLOG, $buf, length($buf));
535}
536
537sub _syslog_send_pipe {
538    my ($buf) = @_;
539    return print SYSLOG $buf;
540}
541
542sub _syslog_send_socket {
543    my ($buf) = @_;
544    return syswrite(SYSLOG, $buf, length($buf));
545    #return send(SYSLOG, $buf, 0);
546}
547
548sub _syslog_send_native {
549    my ($buf, $numpri, $numfac) = @_;
550    syslog_xs($numpri|$numfac, $buf);
551    return 1;
552}
553
554
555# xlate()
556# -----
557# private function to translate names to numeric values
558#
559sub xlate {
560    my ($name) = @_;
561
562    return $name+0 if $name =~ /^\s*\d+\s*$/;
563    $name = uc $name;
564    $name = "LOG_$name" unless $name =~ /^LOG_/;
565
566    # ExtUtils::Constant 0.20 introduced a new way to implement
567    # constants, called ProxySubs.  When it was used to generate
568    # the C code, the constant() function no longer returns the
569    # correct value.  Therefore, we first try a direct call to
570    # constant(), and if the value is an error we try to call the
571    # constant by its full name.
572    my $value = constant($name);
573
574    if (index($value, "not a valid") >= 0) {
575        $name = "Sys::Syslog::$name";
576        $value = eval { no strict "refs"; &$name };
577        $value = $@ unless defined $value;
578    }
579
580    $value = -1 if index($value, "not a valid") >= 0;
581
582    return defined $value ? $value : -1;
583}
584
585
586# connect_log()
587# -----------
588# This function acts as a kind of front-end: it tries to connect to
589# a syslog service using the selected methods, trying each one in the
590# selected order.
591#
592sub connect_log {
593    @fallbackMethods = @connectMethods unless scalar @fallbackMethods;
594
595    if ($transmit_ok && $current_proto) {
596        # Retry what we were on, because it has worked in the past.
597	unshift(@fallbackMethods, $current_proto);
598    }
599
600    $connected = 0;
601    my @errs = ();
602    my $proto = undef;
603
604    while ($proto = shift @fallbackMethods) {
605	no strict 'refs';
606	my $fn = "connect_$proto";
607	$connected = &$fn(\@errs) if defined &$fn;
608	last if $connected;
609    }
610
611    $transmit_ok = 0;
612    if ($connected) {
613	$current_proto = $proto;
614        my ($old) = select(SYSLOG); $| = 1; select($old);
615    } else {
616	@fallbackMethods = ();
617        $err_sub->(join "\n\t- ", "no connection to syslog available", @errs);
618        return undef;
619    }
620}
621
622sub connect_tcp {
623    my ($errs) = @_;
624
625    my $proto = getprotobyname('tcp');
626    if (!defined $proto) {
627	push @$errs, "getprotobyname failed for tcp";
628	return 0;
629    }
630
631    my $port = $sock_port || getservbyname('syslog', 'tcp');
632    $port = getservbyname('syslogng', 'tcp') unless defined $port;
633    if (!defined $port) {
634	push @$errs, "getservbyname failed for syslog/tcp and syslogng/tcp";
635	return 0;
636    }
637
638    my $addr;
639    if (defined $host) {
640        $addr = inet_aton($host);
641        if (!$addr) {
642	    push @$errs, "can't lookup $host";
643	    return 0;
644	}
645    } else {
646        $addr = INADDR_LOOPBACK;
647    }
648    $addr = sockaddr_in($port, $addr);
649
650    if (!socket(SYSLOG, AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, $proto)) {
651	push @$errs, "tcp socket: $!";
652	return 0;
653    }
654
655    setsockopt(SYSLOG, SOL_SOCKET, SO_KEEPALIVE, 1);
656    if (silent_eval { IPPROTO_TCP() }) {
657        # These constants don't exist in 5.005. They were added in 1999
658        setsockopt(SYSLOG, IPPROTO_TCP(), TCP_NODELAY(), 1);
659    }
660    if (!connect(SYSLOG, $addr)) {
661	push @$errs, "tcp connect: $!";
662	return 0;
663    }
664
665    $syslog_send = \&_syslog_send_socket;
666
667    return 1;
668}
669
670sub connect_udp {
671    my ($errs) = @_;
672
673    my $proto = getprotobyname('udp');
674    if (!defined $proto) {
675	push @$errs, "getprotobyname failed for udp";
676	return 0;
677    }
678
679    my $port = $sock_port || getservbyname('syslog', 'udp');
680    if (!defined $port) {
681	push @$errs, "getservbyname failed for syslog/udp";
682	return 0;
683    }
684
685    my $addr;
686    if (defined $host) {
687        $addr = inet_aton($host);
688        if (!$addr) {
689	    push @$errs, "can't lookup $host";
690	    return 0;
691	}
692    } else {
693        $addr = INADDR_LOOPBACK;
694    }
695    $addr = sockaddr_in($port, $addr);
696
697    if (!socket(SYSLOG, AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, $proto)) {
698	push @$errs, "udp socket: $!";
699	return 0;
700    }
701    if (!connect(SYSLOG, $addr)) {
702	push @$errs, "udp connect: $!";
703	return 0;
704    }
705
706    # We want to check that the UDP connect worked. However the only
707    # way to do that is to send a message and see if an ICMP is returned
708    _syslog_send_socket("");
709    if (!connection_ok()) {
710	push @$errs, "udp connect: nobody listening";
711	return 0;
712    }
713
714    $syslog_send = \&_syslog_send_socket;
715
716    return 1;
717}
718
719sub connect_stream {
720    my ($errs) = @_;
721    # might want syslog_path to be variable based on syslog.h (if only
722    # it were in there!)
723    $syslog_path = '/dev/conslog' unless defined $syslog_path;
724
725    if (!-w $syslog_path) {
726	push @$errs, "stream $syslog_path is not writable";
727	return 0;
728    }
729
730    require Fcntl;
731
732    if (!sysopen(SYSLOG, $syslog_path, Fcntl::O_WRONLY(), 0400)) {
733	push @$errs, "stream can't open $syslog_path: $!";
734	return 0;
735    }
736
737    $syslog_send = \&_syslog_send_stream;
738
739    return 1;
740}
741
742sub connect_pipe {
743    my ($errs) = @_;
744
745    $syslog_path ||= &_PATH_LOG || "/dev/log";
746
747    if (not -w $syslog_path) {
748        push @$errs, "$syslog_path is not writable";
749        return 0;
750    }
751
752    if (not open(SYSLOG, ">$syslog_path")) {
753        push @$errs, "can't write to $syslog_path: $!";
754        return 0;
755    }
756
757    $syslog_send = \&_syslog_send_pipe;
758
759    return 1;
760}
761
762sub connect_unix {
763    my ($errs) = @_;
764
765    $syslog_path ||= _PATH_LOG() if length _PATH_LOG();
766
767    if (not defined $syslog_path) {
768        push @$errs, "_PATH_LOG not available in syslog.h and no user-supplied socket path";
769	return 0;
770    }
771
772    if (not (-S $syslog_path or -c _)) {
773        push @$errs, "$syslog_path is not a socket";
774	return 0;
775    }
776
777    my $addr = sockaddr_un($syslog_path);
778    if (!$addr) {
779	push @$errs, "can't locate $syslog_path";
780	return 0;
781    }
782    if (!socket(SYSLOG, AF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0)) {
783        push @$errs, "unix stream socket: $!";
784	return 0;
785    }
786
787    if (!connect(SYSLOG, $addr)) {
788        if (!socket(SYSLOG, AF_UNIX, SOCK_DGRAM, 0)) {
789	    push @$errs, "unix dgram socket: $!";
790	    return 0;
791	}
792        if (!connect(SYSLOG, $addr)) {
793	    push @$errs, "unix dgram connect: $!";
794	    return 0;
795	}
796    }
797
798    $syslog_send = \&_syslog_send_socket;
799
800    return 1;
801}
802
803sub connect_native {
804    my ($errs) = @_;
805    my $logopt = 0;
806
807    # reconstruct the numeric equivalent of the options
808    for my $opt (keys %options) {
809        $logopt += xlate($opt) if $options{$opt}
810    }
811
812    openlog_xs($ident, $logopt, xlate($facility));
813    $syslog_send = \&_syslog_send_native;
814
815    return 1;
816}
817
818sub connect_eventlog {
819    my ($errs) = @_;
820
821    $syslog_xobj = Sys::Syslog::Win32::_install();
822    $syslog_send = \&Sys::Syslog::Win32::_syslog_send;
823
824    return 1;
825}
826
827sub connect_console {
828    my ($errs) = @_;
829    if (!-w '/dev/console') {
830	push @$errs, "console is not writable";
831	return 0;
832    }
833    $syslog_send = \&_syslog_send_console;
834    return 1;
835}
836
837# To test if the connection is still good, we need to check if any
838# errors are present on the connection. The errors will not be raised
839# by a write. Instead, sockets are made readable and the next read
840# would cause the error to be returned. Unfortunately the syslog
841# 'protocol' never provides anything for us to read. But with
842# judicious use of select(), we can see if it would be readable...
843sub connection_ok {
844    return 1 if defined $current_proto and (
845        $current_proto eq 'native' or $current_proto eq 'console'
846        or $current_proto eq 'eventlog'
847    );
848
849    my $rin = '';
850    vec($rin, fileno(SYSLOG), 1) = 1;
851    my $ret = select $rin, undef, $rin, $sock_timeout;
852    return ($ret ? 0 : 1);
853}
854
855sub disconnect_log {
856    $connected = 0;
857    $syslog_send = undef;
858
859    if (defined $current_proto and $current_proto eq 'native') {
860        closelog_xs();
861        unshift @fallbackMethods, $current_proto;
862        $current_proto = undef;
863        return 1;
864    }
865    elsif (defined $current_proto and $current_proto eq 'eventlog') {
866        $syslog_xobj->Close();
867        unshift @fallbackMethods, $current_proto;
868        $current_proto = undef;
869        return 1;
870    }
871
872    return close SYSLOG;
873}
874
875
876#
877# Wrappers around eval() that makes sure that nobody, and I say NOBODY,
878# ever knows that I wanted to test if something was here or not.
879# It is needed because some applications are trying to be too smart,
880# do it wrong, and it ends up in EPIC FAIL.
881# Yes I'm speaking of YOU, SpamAssassin.
882#
883sub silent_eval (&) {
884    local($SIG{__DIE__}, $SIG{__WARN__}, $@);
885    return eval { $_[0]->() }
886}
887
888sub can_load {
889    my ($module, $verbose) = @_;
890    local($SIG{__DIE__}, $SIG{__WARN__}, $@);
891    local @INC = @INC;
892    pop @INC if $INC[-1] eq '.';
893    my $loaded = eval "use $module; 1";
894    warn $@ if not $loaded and $verbose;
895    return $loaded
896}
897
898
899"Eighth Rule: read the documentation."
900
901__END__
902
903=head1 NAME
904
905Sys::Syslog - Perl interface to the UNIX syslog(3) calls
906
907=head1 VERSION
908
909This is the documentation of version 0.33
910
911=head1 SYNOPSIS
912
913    use Sys::Syslog;                        # all except setlogsock()
914    use Sys::Syslog qw(:standard :macros);  # standard functions & macros
915
916    openlog($ident, $logopt, $facility);    # don't forget this
917    syslog($priority, $format, @args);
918    $oldmask = setlogmask($mask_priority);
919    closelog();
920
921
922=head1 DESCRIPTION
923
924C<Sys::Syslog> is an interface to the UNIX C<syslog(3)> program.
925Call C<syslog()> with a string priority and a list of C<printf()> args
926just like C<syslog(3)>.
927
928
929=head1 EXPORTS
930
931C<Sys::Syslog> exports the following C<Exporter> tags:
932
933=over 4
934
935=item *
936
937C<:standard> exports the standard C<syslog(3)> functions:
938
939    openlog closelog setlogmask syslog
940
941=item *
942
943C<:extended> exports the Perl specific functions for C<syslog(3)>:
944
945    setlogsock
946
947=item *
948
949C<:macros> exports the symbols corresponding to most of your C<syslog(3)>
950macros and the C<LOG_UPTO()> and C<LOG_MASK()> functions.
951See L<"CONSTANTS"> for the supported constants and their meaning.
952
953=back
954
955By default, C<Sys::Syslog> exports the symbols from the C<:standard> tag.
956
957
958=head1 FUNCTIONS
959
960=over 4
961
962=item B<openlog($ident, $logopt, $facility)>
963
964Opens the syslog.
965C<$ident> is prepended to every message.  C<$logopt> contains zero or
966more of the options detailed below.  C<$facility> specifies the part
967of the system to report about, for example C<LOG_USER> or C<LOG_LOCAL0>:
968see L<"Facilities"> for a list of well-known facilities, and your
969C<syslog(3)> documentation for the facilities available in your system.
970Check L<"SEE ALSO"> for useful links. Facility can be given as a string
971or a numeric macro.
972
973This function will croak if it can't connect to the syslog daemon.
974
975Note that C<openlog()> now takes three arguments, just like C<openlog(3)>.
976
977B<You should use C<openlog()> before calling C<syslog()>.>
978
979B<Options>
980
981=over 4
982
983=item *
984
985C<cons> - This option is ignored, since the failover mechanism will drop
986down to the console automatically if all other media fail.
987
988=item *
989
990C<ndelay> - Open the connection immediately (normally, the connection is
991opened when the first message is logged).
992
993=item *
994
995C<noeol> - When set to true, no end of line character (C<\n>) will be
996appended to the message. This can be useful for some buggy syslog daemons.
997
998=item *
999
1000C<nofatal> - When set to true, C<openlog()> and C<syslog()> will only
1001emit warnings instead of dying if the connection to the syslog can't
1002be established.
1003
1004=item *
1005
1006C<nonul> - When set to true, no C<NUL> character (C<\0>) will be
1007appended to the message. This can be useful for some buggy syslog daemons.
1008
1009=item *
1010
1011C<nowait> - Don't wait for child processes that may have been created
1012while logging the message.  (The GNU C library does not create a child
1013process, so this option has no effect on Linux.)
1014
1015=item *
1016
1017C<perror> - Write the message to standard error output as well to the
1018system log (added in C<Sys::Syslog> 0.22).
1019
1020=item *
1021
1022C<pid> - Include PID with each message.
1023
1024=back
1025
1026B<Examples>
1027
1028Open the syslog with options C<ndelay> and C<pid>, and with facility C<LOCAL0>:
1029
1030    openlog($name, "ndelay,pid", "local0");
1031
1032Same thing, but this time using the macro corresponding to C<LOCAL0>:
1033
1034    openlog($name, "ndelay,pid", LOG_LOCAL0);
1035
1036
1037=item B<syslog($priority, $message)>
1038
1039=item B<syslog($priority, $format, @args)>
1040
1041If C<$priority> permits, logs C<$message> or C<sprintf($format, @args)>
1042with the addition that C<%m> in $message or C<$format> is replaced with
1043C<"$!"> (the latest error message).
1044
1045C<$priority> can specify a level, or a level and a facility.  Levels and
1046facilities can be given as strings or as macros.  When using the C<eventlog>
1047mechanism, priorities C<DEBUG> and C<INFO> are mapped to event type
1048C<informational>, C<NOTICE> and C<WARNING> to C<warning> and C<ERR> to
1049C<EMERG> to C<error>.
1050
1051If you didn't use C<openlog()> before using C<syslog()>, C<syslog()> will
1052try to guess the C<$ident> by extracting the shortest prefix of
1053C<$format> that ends in a C<":">.
1054
1055B<Examples>
1056
1057    # informational level
1058    syslog("info", $message);
1059    syslog(LOG_INFO, $message);
1060
1061    # information level, Local0 facility
1062    syslog("info|local0", $message);
1063    syslog(LOG_INFO|LOG_LOCAL0, $message);
1064
1065=over 4
1066
1067=item B<Note>
1068
1069C<Sys::Syslog> version v0.07 and older passed the C<$message> as the
1070formatting string to C<sprintf()> even when no formatting arguments
1071were provided.  If the code calling C<syslog()> might execute with
1072older versions of this module, make sure to call the function as
1073C<syslog($priority, "%s", $message)> instead of C<syslog($priority,
1074$message)>.  This protects against hostile formatting sequences that
1075might show up if $message contains tainted data.
1076
1077=back
1078
1079
1080=item B<setlogmask($mask_priority)>
1081
1082Sets the log mask for the current process to C<$mask_priority> and
1083returns the old mask.  If the mask argument is 0, the current log mask
1084is not modified.  See L<"Levels"> for the list of available levels.
1085You can use the C<LOG_UPTO()> function to allow all levels up to a
1086given priority (but it only accept the numeric macros as arguments).
1087
1088B<Examples>
1089
1090Only log errors:
1091
1092    setlogmask( LOG_MASK(LOG_ERR) );
1093
1094Log everything except informational messages:
1095
1096    setlogmask( ~(LOG_MASK(LOG_INFO)) );
1097
1098Log critical messages, errors and warnings:
1099
1100    setlogmask( LOG_MASK(LOG_CRIT)
1101              | LOG_MASK(LOG_ERR)
1102              | LOG_MASK(LOG_WARNING) );
1103
1104Log all messages up to debug:
1105
1106    setlogmask( LOG_UPTO(LOG_DEBUG) );
1107
1108
1109=item B<setlogsock()>
1110
1111Sets the socket type and options to be used for the next call to C<openlog()>
1112or C<syslog()>.  Returns true on success, C<undef> on failure.
1113
1114Being Perl-specific, this function has evolved along time.  It can currently
1115be called as follow:
1116
1117=over
1118
1119=item *
1120
1121C<setlogsock($sock_type)>
1122
1123=item *
1124
1125C<setlogsock($sock_type, $stream_location)> (added in Perl 5.004_02)
1126
1127=item *
1128
1129C<setlogsock($sock_type, $stream_location, $sock_timeout)> (added in
1130C<Sys::Syslog> 0.25)
1131
1132=item *
1133
1134C<setlogsock(\%options)> (added in C<Sys::Syslog> 0.28)
1135
1136=back
1137
1138The available options are:
1139
1140=over
1141
1142=item *
1143
1144C<type> - equivalent to C<$sock_type>, selects the socket type (or
1145"mechanism").  An array reference can be passed to specify several
1146mechanisms to try, in the given order.
1147
1148=item *
1149
1150C<path> - equivalent to C<$stream_location>, sets the stream location.
1151Defaults to standard Unix location, or C<_PATH_LOG>.
1152
1153=item *
1154
1155C<timeout> - equivalent to C<$sock_timeout>, sets the socket timeout
1156in seconds.  Defaults to 0 on all systems except S<Mac OS X> where it
1157is set to 0.25 sec.
1158
1159=item *
1160
1161C<host> - sets the hostname to send the messages to.  Defaults to
1162the local host.
1163
1164=item *
1165
1166C<port> - sets the TCP or UDP port to connect to.  Defaults to the
1167first standard syslog port available on the system.
1168
1169=back
1170
1171
1172The available mechanisms are:
1173
1174=over
1175
1176=item *
1177
1178C<"native"> - use the native C functions from your C<syslog(3)> library
1179(added in C<Sys::Syslog> 0.15).
1180
1181=item *
1182
1183C<"eventlog"> - send messages to the Win32 events logger (Win32 only;
1184added in C<Sys::Syslog> 0.19).
1185
1186=item *
1187
1188C<"tcp"> - connect to a TCP socket, on the C<syslog/tcp> or C<syslogng/tcp>
1189service.  See also the C<host>, C<port> and C<timeout> options.
1190
1191=item *
1192
1193C<"udp"> - connect to a UDP socket, on the C<syslog/udp> service.
1194See also the C<host>, C<port> and C<timeout> options.
1195
1196=item *
1197
1198C<"inet"> - connect to an INET socket, either TCP or UDP, tried in that
1199order.  See also the C<host>, C<port> and C<timeout> options.
1200
1201=item *
1202
1203C<"unix"> - connect to a UNIX domain socket (in some systems a character
1204special device).  The name of that socket is given by the C<path> option
1205or, if omitted, the value returned by the C<_PATH_LOG> macro (if your
1206system defines it), F</dev/log> or F</dev/conslog>, whichever is writable.
1207
1208=item *
1209
1210C<"stream"> - connect to the stream indicated by the C<path> option, or,
1211if omitted, the value returned by the C<_PATH_LOG> macro (if your system
1212defines it), F</dev/log> or F</dev/conslog>, whichever is writable.  For
1213example Solaris and IRIX system may prefer C<"stream"> instead of C<"unix">.
1214
1215=item *
1216
1217C<"pipe"> - connect to the named pipe indicated by the C<path> option,
1218or, if omitted, to the value returned by the C<_PATH_LOG> macro (if your
1219system defines it), or F</dev/log> (added in C<Sys::Syslog> 0.21).
1220HP-UX is a system which uses such a named pipe.
1221
1222=item *
1223
1224C<"console"> - send messages directly to the console, as for the C<"cons">
1225option of C<openlog()>.
1226
1227=back
1228
1229The default is to try C<native>, C<tcp>, C<udp>, C<unix>, C<pipe>, C<stream>,
1230C<console>.
1231Under systems with the Win32 API, C<eventlog> will be added as the first
1232mechanism to try if C<Win32::EventLog> is available.
1233
1234Giving an invalid value for C<$sock_type> will C<croak>.
1235
1236B<Examples>
1237
1238Select the UDP socket mechanism:
1239
1240    setlogsock("udp");
1241
1242Send messages using the TCP socket mechanism on a custom port:
1243
1244    setlogsock({ type => "tcp", port => 2486 });
1245
1246Send messages to a remote host using the TCP socket mechanism:
1247
1248    setlogsock({ type => "tcp", host => $loghost });
1249
1250Try the native, UDP socket then UNIX domain socket mechanisms:
1251
1252    setlogsock(["native", "udp", "unix"]);
1253
1254=over
1255
1256=item B<Note>
1257
1258Now that the "native" mechanism is supported by C<Sys::Syslog> and selected
1259by default, the use of the C<setlogsock()> function is discouraged because
1260other mechanisms are less portable across operating systems.  Authors of
1261modules and programs that use this function, especially its cargo-cult form
1262C<setlogsock("unix")>, are advised to remove any occurrence of it unless they
1263specifically want to use a given mechanism (like TCP or UDP to connect to
1264a remote host).
1265
1266=back
1267
1268=item B<closelog()>
1269
1270Closes the log file and returns true on success.
1271
1272=back
1273
1274
1275=head1 THE RULES OF SYS::SYSLOG
1276
1277I<The First Rule of Sys::Syslog is:>
1278You do not call C<setlogsock>.
1279
1280I<The Second Rule of Sys::Syslog is:>
1281You B<do not> call C<setlogsock>.
1282
1283I<The Third Rule of Sys::Syslog is:>
1284The program crashes, C<die>s, calls C<closelog>, the log is over.
1285
1286I<The Fourth Rule of Sys::Syslog is:>
1287One facility, one priority.
1288
1289I<The Fifth Rule of Sys::Syslog is:>
1290One log at a time.
1291
1292I<The Sixth Rule of Sys::Syslog is:>
1293No C<syslog> before C<openlog>.
1294
1295I<The Seventh Rule of Sys::Syslog is:>
1296Logs will go on as long as they have to.
1297
1298I<The Eighth, and Final Rule of Sys::Syslog is:>
1299If this is your first use of Sys::Syslog, you must read the doc.
1300
1301
1302=head1 EXAMPLES
1303
1304An example:
1305
1306    openlog($program, 'cons,pid', 'user');
1307    syslog('info', '%s', 'this is another test');
1308    syslog('mail|warning', 'this is a better test: %d', time);
1309    closelog();
1310
1311    syslog('debug', 'this is the last test');
1312
1313Another example:
1314
1315    openlog("$program $$", 'ndelay', 'user');
1316    syslog('notice', 'fooprogram: this is really done');
1317
1318Example of use of C<%m>:
1319
1320    $! = 55;
1321    syslog('info', 'problem was %m');   # %m == $! in syslog(3)
1322
1323Log to UDP port on C<$remotehost> instead of logging locally:
1324
1325    setlogsock("udp", $remotehost);
1326    openlog($program, 'ndelay', 'user');
1327    syslog('info', 'something happened over here');
1328
1329
1330=head1 CONSTANTS
1331
1332=head2 Facilities
1333
1334=over 4
1335
1336=item *
1337
1338C<LOG_AUDIT> - audit daemon (IRIX); falls back to C<LOG_AUTH>
1339
1340=item *
1341
1342C<LOG_AUTH> - security/authorization messages
1343
1344=item *
1345
1346C<LOG_AUTHPRIV> - security/authorization messages (private)
1347
1348=item *
1349
1350C<LOG_CONSOLE> - C</dev/console> output (FreeBSD); falls back to C<LOG_USER>
1351
1352=item *
1353
1354C<LOG_CRON> - clock daemons (B<cron> and B<at>)
1355
1356=item *
1357
1358C<LOG_DAEMON> - system daemons without separate facility value
1359
1360=item *
1361
1362C<LOG_FTP> - FTP daemon
1363
1364=item *
1365
1366C<LOG_KERN> - kernel messages
1367
1368=item *
1369
1370C<LOG_INSTALL> - installer subsystem (Mac OS X); falls back to C<LOG_USER>
1371
1372=item *
1373
1374C<LOG_LAUNCHD> - launchd - general bootstrap daemon (Mac OS X);
1375falls back to C<LOG_DAEMON>
1376
1377=item *
1378
1379C<LOG_LFMT> - logalert facility; falls back to C<LOG_USER>
1380
1381=item *
1382
1383C<LOG_LOCAL0> through C<LOG_LOCAL7> - reserved for local use
1384
1385=item *
1386
1387C<LOG_LPR> - line printer subsystem
1388
1389=item *
1390
1391C<LOG_MAIL> - mail subsystem
1392
1393=item *
1394
1395C<LOG_NETINFO> - NetInfo subsystem (Mac OS X); falls back to C<LOG_DAEMON>
1396
1397=item *
1398
1399C<LOG_NEWS> - USENET news subsystem
1400
1401=item *
1402
1403C<LOG_NTP> - NTP subsystem (FreeBSD, NetBSD); falls back to C<LOG_DAEMON>
1404
1405=item *
1406
1407C<LOG_RAS> - Remote Access Service (VPN / PPP) (Mac OS X);
1408falls back to C<LOG_AUTH>
1409
1410=item *
1411
1412C<LOG_REMOTEAUTH> - remote authentication/authorization (Mac OS X);
1413falls back to C<LOG_AUTH>
1414
1415=item *
1416
1417C<LOG_SECURITY> - security subsystems (firewalling, etc.) (FreeBSD);
1418falls back to C<LOG_AUTH>
1419
1420=item *
1421
1422C<LOG_SYSLOG> - messages generated internally by B<syslogd>
1423
1424=item *
1425
1426C<LOG_USER> (default) - generic user-level messages
1427
1428=item *
1429
1430C<LOG_UUCP> - UUCP subsystem
1431
1432=back
1433
1434
1435=head2 Levels
1436
1437=over 4
1438
1439=item *
1440
1441C<LOG_EMERG> - system is unusable
1442
1443=item *
1444
1445C<LOG_ALERT> - action must be taken immediately
1446
1447=item *
1448
1449C<LOG_CRIT> - critical conditions
1450
1451=item *
1452
1453C<LOG_ERR> - error conditions
1454
1455=item *
1456
1457C<LOG_WARNING> - warning conditions
1458
1459=item *
1460
1461C<LOG_NOTICE> - normal, but significant, condition
1462
1463=item *
1464
1465C<LOG_INFO> - informational message
1466
1467=item *
1468
1469C<LOG_DEBUG> - debug-level message
1470
1471=back
1472
1473
1474=head1 DIAGNOSTICS
1475
1476=over
1477
1478=item C<Invalid argument passed to setlogsock>
1479
1480B<(F)> You gave C<setlogsock()> an invalid value for C<$sock_type>.
1481
1482=item C<eventlog passed to setlogsock, but no Win32 API available>
1483
1484B<(W)> You asked C<setlogsock()> to use the Win32 event logger but the
1485operating system running the program isn't Win32 or does not provides Win32
1486compatible facilities.
1487
1488=item C<no connection to syslog available>
1489
1490B<(F)> C<syslog()> failed to connect to the specified socket.
1491
1492=item C<stream passed to setlogsock, but %s is not writable>
1493
1494B<(W)> You asked C<setlogsock()> to use a stream socket, but the given
1495path is not writable.
1496
1497=item C<stream passed to setlogsock, but could not find any device>
1498
1499B<(W)> You asked C<setlogsock()> to use a stream socket, but didn't
1500provide a path, and C<Sys::Syslog> was unable to find an appropriate one.
1501
1502=item C<tcp passed to setlogsock, but tcp service unavailable>
1503
1504B<(W)> You asked C<setlogsock()> to use a TCP socket, but the service
1505is not available on the system.
1506
1507=item C<syslog: expecting argument %s>
1508
1509B<(F)> You forgot to give C<syslog()> the indicated argument.
1510
1511=item C<syslog: invalid level/facility: %s>
1512
1513B<(F)> You specified an invalid level or facility.
1514
1515=item C<syslog: too many levels given: %s>
1516
1517B<(F)> You specified too many levels.
1518
1519=item C<syslog: too many facilities given: %s>
1520
1521B<(F)> You specified too many facilities.
1522
1523=item C<syslog: level must be given>
1524
1525B<(F)> You forgot to specify a level.
1526
1527=item C<udp passed to setlogsock, but udp service unavailable>
1528
1529B<(W)> You asked C<setlogsock()> to use a UDP socket, but the service
1530is not available on the system.
1531
1532=item C<unix passed to setlogsock, but path not available>
1533
1534B<(W)> You asked C<setlogsock()> to use a UNIX socket, but C<Sys::Syslog>
1535was unable to find an appropriate an appropriate device.
1536
1537=back
1538
1539
1540=head1 HISTORY
1541
1542C<Sys::Syslog> is a core module, part of the standard Perl distribution
1543since 1990.  At this time, modules as we know them didn't exist, the
1544Perl library was a collection of F<.pl> files, and the one for sending
1545syslog messages with was simply F<lib/syslog.pl>, included with Perl 3.0.
1546It was converted as a module with Perl 5.0, but had a version number
1547only starting with Perl 5.6.  Here is a small table with the matching
1548Perl and C<Sys::Syslog> versions.
1549
1550    Sys::Syslog     Perl
1551    -----------     ----
1552       undef        5.0.0 ~ 5.5.4
1553       0.01         5.6.*
1554       0.03         5.8.0
1555       0.04         5.8.1, 5.8.2, 5.8.3
1556       0.05         5.8.4, 5.8.5, 5.8.6
1557       0.06         5.8.7
1558       0.13         5.8.8
1559       0.22         5.10.0
1560       0.27         5.8.9, 5.10.1 ~ 5.14.2
1561       0.29         5.16.0, 5.16.1
1562
1563
1564=head1 SEE ALSO
1565
1566=head2 Other modules
1567
1568L<Log::Log4perl> - Perl implementation of the Log4j API
1569
1570L<Log::Dispatch> - Dispatches messages to one or more outputs
1571
1572L<Log::Report> - Report a problem, with exceptions and language support
1573
1574=head2 Manual Pages
1575
1576L<syslog(3)>
1577
1578SUSv3 issue 6, IEEE Std 1003.1, 2004 edition,
1579L<http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/000095399/basedefs/syslog.h.html>
1580
1581GNU C Library documentation on syslog,
1582L<http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/manual/html_node/Syslog.html>
1583
1584Solaris 10 documentation on syslog,
1585L<http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/816-5168/syslog-3c?a=view>
1586
1587Mac OS X documentation on syslog,
1588L<http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/man3/syslog.3.html>
1589
1590IRIX 6.5 documentation on syslog,
1591L<http://techpubs.sgi.com/library/tpl/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?coll=0650&db=man&fname=3c+syslog>
1592
1593AIX 5L 5.3 documentation on syslog,
1594L<http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/pseries/v5r3/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.aix.basetechref/doc/basetrf2/syslog.htm>
1595
1596HP-UX 11i documentation on syslog,
1597L<http://docs.hp.com/en/B2355-60130/syslog.3C.html>
1598
1599Tru64 5.1 documentation on syslog,
1600L<http://h30097.www3.hp.com/docs/base_doc/DOCUMENTATION/V51_HTML/MAN/MAN3/0193____.HTM>
1601
1602Stratus VOS 15.1,
1603L<http://stratadoc.stratus.com/vos/15.1.1/r502-01/wwhelp/wwhimpl/js/html/wwhelp.htm?context=r502-01&file=ch5r502-01bi.html>
1604
1605=head2 RFCs
1606
1607I<RFC 3164 - The BSD syslog Protocol>, L<http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc3164.html>
1608-- Please note that this is an informational RFC, and therefore does not
1609specify a standard of any kind.
1610
1611I<RFC 3195 - Reliable Delivery for syslog>, L<http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc3195.html>
1612
1613=head2 Articles
1614
1615I<Syslogging with Perl>, L<http://lexington.pm.org/meetings/022001.html>
1616
1617=head2 Event Log
1618
1619Windows Event Log,
1620L<http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/wes/wes/windows_event_log.asp>
1621
1622
1623=head1 AUTHORS & ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
1624
1625Tom Christiansen E<lt>F<tchrist (at) perl.com>E<gt> and Larry Wall
1626E<lt>F<larry (at) wall.org>E<gt>.
1627
1628UNIX domain sockets added by Sean Robinson
1629E<lt>F<robinson_s (at) sc.maricopa.edu>E<gt> with support from Tim Bunce
1630E<lt>F<Tim.Bunce (at) ig.co.uk>E<gt> and the C<perl5-porters> mailing list.
1631
1632Dependency on F<syslog.ph> replaced with XS code by Tom Hughes
1633E<lt>F<tom (at) compton.nu>E<gt>.
1634
1635Code for C<constant()>s regenerated by Nicholas Clark E<lt>F<nick (at) ccl4.org>E<gt>.
1636
1637Failover to different communication modes by Nick Williams
1638E<lt>F<Nick.Williams (at) morganstanley.com>E<gt>.
1639
1640Extracted from core distribution for publishing on the CPAN by
1641SE<eacute>bastien Aperghis-Tramoni E<lt>sebastien (at) aperghis.netE<gt>.
1642
1643XS code for using native C functions borrowed from C<L<Unix::Syslog>>,
1644written by Marcus Harnisch E<lt>F<marcus.harnisch (at) gmx.net>E<gt>.
1645
1646Yves Orton suggested and helped for making C<Sys::Syslog> use the native
1647event logger under Win32 systems.
1648
1649Jerry D. Hedden and Reini Urban provided greatly appreciated help to
1650debug and polish C<Sys::Syslog> under Cygwin.
1651
1652
1653=head1 BUGS
1654
1655Please report any bugs or feature requests to
1656C<bug-sys-syslog (at) rt.cpan.org>, or through the web interface at
1657L<http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=Sys-Syslog>.
1658I will be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on
1659your bug as I make changes.
1660
1661
1662=head1 SUPPORT
1663
1664You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.
1665
1666    perldoc Sys::Syslog
1667
1668You can also look for information at:
1669
1670=over 4
1671
1672=item * AnnoCPAN: Annotated CPAN documentation
1673
1674L<http://annocpan.org/dist/Sys-Syslog>
1675
1676=item * CPAN Ratings
1677
1678L<http://cpanratings.perl.org/d/Sys-Syslog>
1679
1680=item * RT: CPAN's request tracker
1681
1682L<http://rt.cpan.org/Dist/Display.html?Queue=Sys-Syslog>
1683
1684=item * Search CPAN
1685
1686L<http://search.cpan.org/dist/Sys-Syslog/>
1687
1688=item * MetaCPAN
1689
1690L<https://metacpan.org/module/Sys::Syslog>
1691
1692=item * Perl Documentation
1693
1694L<http://perldoc.perl.org/Sys/Syslog.html>
1695
1696=back
1697
1698
1699=head1 COPYRIGHT
1700
1701Copyright (C) 1990-2012 by Larry Wall and others.
1702
1703
1704=head1 LICENSE
1705
1706This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
1707under the same terms as Perl itself.
1708
1709=cut
1710
1711=begin comment
1712
1713Notes for the future maintainer (even if it's still me..)
1714- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
1715
1716Using Google Code Search, I search who on Earth was relying on $host being
1717public. It found 5 hits:
1718
1719* First was inside Indigo Star Perl2exe documentation. Just an old version
1720of Sys::Syslog.
1721
1722
1723* One real hit was inside DalWeathDB, a weather related program. It simply
1724does a
1725
1726    $Sys::Syslog::host = '127.0.0.1';
1727
1728- L<http://www.gallistel.net/nparker/weather/code/>
1729
1730
1731* Two hits were in TPC, a fax server thingy. It does a
1732
1733    $Sys::Syslog::host = $TPC::LOGHOST;
1734
1735but also has this strange piece of code:
1736
1737    # work around perl5.003 bug
1738    sub Sys::Syslog::hostname {}
1739
1740I don't know what bug the author referred to.
1741
1742- L<http://www.tpc.int/>
1743- L<ftp://ftp-usa.tpc.int/pub/tpc/server/UNIX/>
1744
1745
1746* Last hit was in Filefix, which seems to be a FIDOnet mail program (!).
1747This one does not use $host, but has the following piece of code:
1748
1749    sub Sys::Syslog::hostname
1750    {
1751        use Sys::Hostname;
1752        return hostname;
1753    }
1754
1755I guess this was a more elaborate form of the previous bit, maybe because
1756of a bug in Sys::Syslog back then?
1757
1758- L<ftp://ftp.kiae.su/pub/unix/fido/>
1759
1760
1761Links
1762-----
1763Linux Fast-STREAMS
1764- L<http://www.openss7.org/streams.html>
1765
1766II12021: SYSLOGD HOWTO TCPIPINFO (z/OS, OS/390, MVS)
1767- L<http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1II12021>
1768
1769Getting the most out of the Event Viewer
1770- L<http://www.codeproject.com/dotnet/evtvwr.asp?print=true>
1771
1772Log events to the Windows NT Event Log with JNI
1773- L<http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-09-2001/jw-0928-ntmessages.html>
1774
1775=end comment
1776
1777