3 files changed, 36 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/dbus/dbus-sysdeps-unix.c b/dbus/dbus-sysdeps-unix.c
index 24a3774f..ccb84832 100644
--- a/dbus/dbus-sysdeps-unix.c
+++ b/dbus/dbus-sysdeps-unix.c
@@ -2780,7 +2780,6 @@ _dbus_full_duplex_pipe (int        *fd1,
 #endif
 }
 
-
 /**
  * Measure the length of the given format string and arguments,
  * not including the terminating nul.
diff --git a/dbus/dbus-sysdeps-util-unix.c b/dbus/dbus-sysdeps-util-unix.c
index 0343a90c..3f2a2330 100644
--- a/dbus/dbus-sysdeps-util-unix.c
+++ b/dbus/dbus-sysdeps-util-unix.c
@@ -451,6 +451,38 @@ _dbus_change_to_daemon_user  (const char    *user,
  return FALSE;
 }
 
+void 
+_dbus_init_system_log (void)
+{
+  openlog ("dbus", LOG_PID, LOG_DAEMON);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Log an informative message.  Intended for use primarily by
+ * the system bus.
+ *
+ * @param msg a printf-style format string
+ * @param args arguments for the format string
+ */
+void 
+_dbus_log_info (const char *msg, va_list args)
+{
+  vsyslog (LOG_DAEMON|LOG_NOTICE, msg, args);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Log a security-related message.  Intended for use primarily by
+ * the system bus.
+ *
+ * @param msg a printf-style format string
+ * @param args arguments for the format string
+ */
+void 
+_dbus_log_security (const char *msg, va_list args)
+{
+  vsyslog (LOG_AUTH|LOG_NOTICE, msg, args);
+}
+
 /** Installs a UNIX signal handler
  *
  * @param sig the signal to handle
diff --git a/dbus/dbus-sysdeps.h b/dbus/dbus-sysdeps.h
index 80236f05..5f4b00e1 100644
--- a/dbus/dbus-sysdeps.h
+++ b/dbus/dbus-sysdeps.h
@@ -420,6 +420,10 @@ void _dbus_set_signal_handler (int               sig,
 dbus_bool_t _dbus_user_at_console (const char *username,
                                    DBusError  *error);
 
+void _dbus_init_system_log (void);
+void _dbus_log_info (const char *msg, va_list args);
+void _dbus_log_security (const char *msg, va_list args);
+
 /* Define DBUS_VA_COPY() to do the right thing for copying va_list variables. 
  * config.h may have already defined DBUS_VA_COPY as va_copy or __va_copy. 
  */