[Bug 46091] New: syslog.3 says LOG_AUTH is deprecated
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Date: 2012-08-17 09:36:57
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=46091 Summary: syslog.3 says LOG_AUTH is deprecated Product: Documentation Version: unspecified Platform: All OS/Version: Linux Tree: Mainline Status: NEW Severity: normal Priority: P1 Component: man-pages AssignedTo: documentation_man-pages-ztI5WcYan/vQLgFONoPN62D2FQJk+8+b@public.gmane.org ReportedBy: simon-RTwAkxXyIg6Ei8DpZVb4nw@public.gmane.org Regression: No Created an attachment (id=77881) --> (https://bugzilla.kernel.org/attachment.cgi?id=77881) Patch undeprecating LOG_AUTH Hi! syslog.3 contains: .B LOG_AUTH security/authorization messages (DEPRECATED Use .B LOG_AUTHPRIV instead) .TP .B LOG_AUTHPRIV security/authorization messages (private) However I cannot find any other source that claim LOG_AUTH is deprecated in anyway. LOG_AUTH is distinct from LOG_AUTHPRIV. The GNU C Library manual only documents LOG_AUTH. The header files contains both without any comment. Common systems like Debian appear to refer to both auth and authpriv facilities in syslog configurations. Popular daemons appear to use both facilities. Both facilities are discussed in several RFCs. Thus, I propose attached patch to not say DEPRECATED anymore. While the patch is trivial, I'm opening a bugzilla bug to track discussions since there could be other opinions. For more background, see: http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gnu.shishi.general/708/focus=735 http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gnu.shishi.general/708/focus=734 /Simon -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are watching the assignee of the bug. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-man" in the body of a message to majordomo-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html