Revert "Use syslog for logging error conditions in SSSD"

This reverts commit 8c50bd085c0efe5fde354deee2c8118887aae29d.

Amended: commit 1016af2b1b97ad4290ccce8fa462cc7e3c191b2e also made
use of the SYSLOG_ERROR() macro, so those portions of that code
also needed to be reverted.

9 files changed, 88 insertions, 104 deletions

diff --git a/server/responder/common/responder_common.c b/server/responder/common/responder_common.c
index 119a1dd4..57c8678b 100644
--- a/server/responder/common/responder_common.c
+++ b/server/responder/common/responder_common.c
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ static void client_send(struct tevent_context *ev, struct cli_ctx *cctx)
         return;
     }
     if (ret != EOK) {
-        SYSLOG_ERROR("Failed to read request, aborting client!\n");
+        DEBUG(0, ("Failed to read request, aborting client!\n"));
         talloc_free(cctx);
         return;
     }
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ static void client_recv(struct tevent_context *ev, struct cli_ctx *cctx)
     if (!cctx->creq) {
         cctx->creq = talloc_zero(cctx, struct cli_request);
         if (!cctx->creq) {
-            SYSLOG_ERROR("Failed to alloc request, aborting client!\n");
+            DEBUG(0, ("Failed to alloc request, aborting client!\n"));
             talloc_free(cctx);
             return;
         }
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ static void client_recv(struct tevent_context *ev, struct cli_ctx *cctx)
         ret = sss_packet_new(cctx->creq, SSS_PACKET_MAX_RECV_SIZE,
                              0, &cctx->creq->in);
         if (ret != EOK) {
-            SYSLOG_ERROR("Failed to alloc request, aborting client!\n");
+            DEBUG(0, ("Failed to alloc request, aborting client!\n"));
             talloc_free(cctx);
             return;
         }
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ static void client_recv(struct tevent_context *ev, struct cli_ctx *cctx)
         /* execute command */
         ret = sss_cmd_execute(cctx, cctx->rctx->sss_cmds);
         if (ret != EOK) {
-            SYSLOG_ERROR("Failed to execute request, aborting client!\n");
+            DEBUG(0, ("Failed to execute request, aborting client!\n"));
             talloc_free(cctx);
         }
         /* past this point cctx can be freed at any time by callbacks
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ static void accept_priv_fd_handler(struct tevent_context *ev,
     if (!cctx) {
         struct sockaddr_un addr;
         int fd;
-        SYSLOG_ERROR("Out of memory trying to setup client context on privileged pipe!\n");
+        DEBUG(0, ("Out of memory trying to setup client context on privileged pipe!\n"));
         /* accept and close to signal the client we have a problem */
         memset(&addr, 0, sizeof(addr));
         len = sizeof(addr);
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ static void accept_fd_handler(struct tevent_context *ev,
     if (!cctx) {
         struct sockaddr_un addr;
         int fd;
-        SYSLOG_ERROR("Out of memory trying to setup client context!\n");
+        DEBUG(0, ("Out of memory trying to setup client context!\n"));
         /* accept and close to signal the client we have a problem */
         memset(&addr, 0, sizeof(addr));
         len = sizeof(addr);
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ static int sss_monitor_init(struct resp_ctx *rctx,
     /* Set up SBUS connection to the monitor */
     ret = monitor_get_sbus_address(rctx, rctx->cdb, &sbus_address);
     if (ret != EOK) {
-        SYSLOG_ERROR("Could not locate monitor address.\n");
+        DEBUG(0, ("Could not locate monitor address.\n"));
         return ret;
     }
 
@@ -303,14 +303,14 @@ static int sss_monitor_init(struct resp_ctx *rctx,
                            intf, &rctx->mon_conn,
                            NULL, NULL);
     if (ret != EOK) {
-        SYSLOG_ERROR("Failed to connect to monitor services.\n");
+        DEBUG(0, ("Failed to connect to monitor services.\n"));
         return ret;
     }
 
     /* Identify ourselves to the monitor */
     ret = monitor_common_send_id(rctx->mon_conn, svc_name, svc_version);
     if (ret != EOK) {
-        SYSLOG_ERROR("Failed to identify to the monitor!\n");
+        DEBUG(0, ("Failed to identify to the monitor!\n"));
         return ret;
     }
 
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ static int sss_dp_init(struct resp_ctx *rctx,
     /* Set up SBUS connection to the monitor */
     ret = dp_get_sbus_address(rctx, rctx->cdb, &sbus_address);
     if (ret != EOK) {
-        SYSLOG_ERROR("Could not locate DP address.\n");
+        DEBUG(0, ("Could not locate DP address.\n"));
         return ret;
     }
 
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ static int sss_dp_init(struct resp_ctx *rctx,
                            intf, &rctx->dp_conn,
                            NULL, NULL);
     if (ret != EOK) {
-        SYSLOG_ERROR("Failed to connect to monitor services.\n");
+        DEBUG(0, ("Failed to connect to monitor services.\n"));
         return ret;
     }
 
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ static int sss_dp_init(struct resp_ctx *rctx,
                             cli_type, cli_version,
                             cli_name, cli_domain);
     if (ret != EOK) {
-        SYSLOG_ERROR("Failed to identify to the DP!\n");
+        DEBUG(0, ("Failed to identify to the DP!\n"));
         return ret;
     }
 
@@ -414,18 +414,18 @@ static int set_unix_socket(struct resp_ctx *rctx)
         unlink(rctx->sock_name);
 
         if (bind(rctx->lfd, (struct sockaddr *)&addr, sizeof(addr)) == -1) {
-            SYSLOG_ERROR("Unable to bind on socket '%s'\n", rctx->sock_name);
+            DEBUG(0,("Unable to bind on socket '%s'\n", rctx->sock_name));
             goto failed;
         }
         if (listen(rctx->lfd, 10) != 0) {
-            SYSLOG_ERROR("Unable to listen on socket '%s'\n", rctx->sock_name);
+            DEBUG(0,("Unable to listen on socket '%s'\n", rctx->sock_name));
             goto failed;
         }
 
         rctx->lfde = tevent_add_fd(rctx->ev, rctx, rctx->lfd,
                                    TEVENT_FD_READ, accept_fd_handler, rctx);
         if (!rctx->lfde) {
-            SYSLOG_ERROR("Failed to queue handler on pipe\n");
+            DEBUG(0, ("Failed to queue handler on pipe\n"));
             goto failed;
         }
     }
@@ -450,18 +450,18 @@ static int set_unix_socket(struct resp_ctx *rctx)
         unlink(rctx->priv_sock_name);
 
         if (bind(rctx->priv_lfd, (struct sockaddr *)&addr, sizeof(addr)) == -1) {
-            SYSLOG_ERROR("Unable to bind on socket '%s'\n", rctx->priv_sock_name);
+            DEBUG(0,("Unable to bind on socket '%s'\n", rctx->priv_sock_name));
             goto failed;
         }
         if (listen(rctx->priv_lfd, 10) != 0) {
-            SYSLOG_ERROR("Unable to listen on socket '%s'\n", rctx->priv_sock_name);
+            DEBUG(0,("Unable to listen on socket '%s'\n", rctx->priv_sock_name));
             goto failed;
         }
 
         rctx->priv_lfde = tevent_add_fd(rctx->ev, rctx, rctx->priv_lfd,
                                    TEVENT_FD_READ, accept_priv_fd_handler, rctx);
         if (!rctx->priv_lfde) {
-            SYSLOG_ERROR("Failed to queue handler on privileged pipe\n");
+            DEBUG(0, ("Failed to queue handler on privileged pipe\n"));
             goto failed;
         }
     }
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ int sss_process_init(TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx,
 
     rctx = talloc_zero(mem_ctx, struct resp_ctx);
     if (!rctx) {
-        SYSLOG_ERROR("fatal error initializing resp_ctx\n");
+        DEBUG(0, ("fatal error initializing resp_ctx\n"));
         return ENOMEM;
     }
     rctx->ev = ev;
@@ -512,13 +512,13 @@ int sss_process_init(TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx,
 
     ret = confdb_get_domains(rctx->cdb, &rctx->domains);
     if (ret != EOK) {
-        SYSLOG_ERROR("fatal error setting up domain map\n");
+        DEBUG(0, ("fatal error setting up domain map\n"));
         return ret;
     }
 
     ret = sss_monitor_init(rctx, monitor_intf, svc_name, svc_version);
     if (ret != EOK) {
-        SYSLOG_ERROR("fatal error setting up message bus\n");
+        DEBUG(0, ("fatal error setting up message bus\n"));
         return ret;
     }
 
@@ -526,30 +526,30 @@ int sss_process_init(TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx,
                       cli_type, cli_version,
                       cli_name, cli_domain);
     if (ret != EOK) {
-        SYSLOG_ERROR("fatal error setting up backend connector\n");
+        DEBUG(0, ("fatal error setting up backend connector\n"));
         return ret;
     }
     else if (!rctx->dp_conn) {
-        SYSLOG_ERROR("Data Provider is not yet available. Retrying.\n");
+        DEBUG(0, ("Data Provider is not yet available. Retrying.\n"));
         return EIO;
     }
 
     ret = sysdb_init(rctx, ev, cdb, NULL, false, &rctx->db_list);
     if (ret != EOK) {
-        SYSLOG_ERROR("fatal error initializing resp_ctx\n");
+        DEBUG(0, ("fatal error initializing resp_ctx\n"));
         return ret;
     }
 
     ret = sss_names_init(rctx, rctx->cdb, &rctx->names);
     if (ret != EOK) {
-        SYSLOG_ERROR("fatal error initializing regex data\n");
+        DEBUG(0, ("fatal error initializing regex data\n"));
         return ret;
     }
 
     /* after all initializations we are ready to listen on our socket */
     ret = set_unix_socket(rctx);
     if (ret != EOK) {
-        SYSLOG_ERROR("fatal error initializing socket\n");
+        DEBUG(0, ("fatal error initializing socket\n"));
         return ret;
     }
 
diff --git a/server/responder/common/responder_dp.c b/server/responder/common/responder_dp.c
index a51fc5e4..a6365186 100644
--- a/server/responder/common/responder_dp.c
+++ b/server/responder/common/responder_dp.c
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ static int sss_dp_req_destructor(void *ptr)
     key.str = sdp_req->key;
     int hret = hash_delete(dp_requests, &key);
     if (hret != HASH_SUCCESS) {
-        SYSLOG_ERROR("Could not clear entry from request queue\n");
+        DEBUG(0, ("Could not clear entry from request queue\n"));
         /* This should never happen */
         return EIO;
     }
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ int sss_dp_send_acct_req(struct resp_ctx *rctx, TALLOC_CTX *memctx,
             /* We have a new request asking for a callback */
             sdp_req = talloc_get_type(value.ptr, struct sss_dp_req);
             if (!sdp_req) {
-                SYSLOG_ERROR("Could not retrieve DP request context\n");
+                DEBUG(0, ("Could not retrieve DP request context\n"));
                 ret = EIO;
                 goto done;
             }
@@ -303,8 +303,8 @@ int sss_dp_send_acct_req(struct resp_ctx *rctx, TALLOC_CTX *memctx,
             value.ptr = sdp_req;
             hret = hash_enter(dp_requests, &key, &value);
             if (hret != HASH_SUCCESS) {
-                SYSLOG_ERROR("Could not store request query (%s)",
-                             hash_error_string(hret));
+                DEBUG(0, ("Could not store request query (%s)",
+                          hash_error_string(hret)));
                 ret = EIO;
                 goto done;
             }
@@ -315,8 +315,8 @@ int sss_dp_send_acct_req(struct resp_ctx *rctx, TALLOC_CTX *memctx,
         break;
 
     default:
-        SYSLOG_ERROR("Could not query request list (%s)\n",
-                     hash_error_string(hret));
+        DEBUG(0,("Could not query request list (%s)\n",
+                  hash_error_string(hret)));
         ret = EIO;
         goto done;
     }
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ static int sss_dp_send_acct_req_create(struct resp_ctx *rctx,
                                        DP_CLI_INTERFACE,
                                        DP_SRV_METHOD_GETACCTINFO);
     if (msg == NULL) {
-        SYSLOG_ERROR("Out of memory?!\n");
+        DEBUG(0,("Out of memory?!\n"));
         return ENOMEM;
     }
 
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ static int sss_dp_send_acct_req_create(struct resp_ctx *rctx,
          * We can't communicate on this connection
          * We'll drop it using the default destructor.
          */
-        SYSLOG_ERROR("D-BUS send failed.\n");
+        DEBUG(0, ("D-BUS send failed.\n"));
         dbus_message_unref(msg);
         return EIO;
     }
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ static int sss_dp_send_acct_req_create(struct resp_ctx *rctx,
                                          sss_dp_send_acct_callback,
                                          sdp_req, NULL);
     if (!dbret) {
-        SYSLOG_ERROR("Could not queue up pending request!");
+        DEBUG(0, ("Could not queue up pending request!"));
         talloc_zfree(sdp_req);
         dbus_pending_call_cancel(pending_reply);
         dbus_message_unref(msg);
@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@ static int sss_dp_get_reply(DBusPendingCall *pending,
          * until reply is valid or timeout has occurred. If reply is NULL
          * here, something is seriously wrong and we should bail out.
          */
-        SYSLOG_ERROR("Severe error. A reply callback was called but no reply was received and no timeout occurred\n");
+        DEBUG(0, ("Severe error. A reply callback was called but no reply was received and no timeout occurred\n"));
 
         /* FIXME: Destroy this connection ? */
         err = EIO;
@@ -490,8 +490,8 @@ static int sss_dp_get_reply(DBusPendingCall *pending,
             err = ETIME;
             goto done;
         }
-        SYSLOG_ERROR("The Data Provider returned an error [%s]\n",
-                     dbus_message_get_error_name(reply));
+        DEBUG(0,("The Data Provider returned an error [%s]\n",
+                 dbus_message_get_error_name(reply)));
         /* Falling through to default intentionally*/
     default:
         /*
diff --git a/server/responder/nss/nsssrv.c b/server/responder/nss/nsssrv.c
index e0bdcdd3..3920189a 100644
--- a/server/responder/nss/nsssrv.c
+++ b/server/responder/nss/nsssrv.c
@@ -46,8 +46,6 @@
 
 #define SSS_NSS_PIPE_NAME "nss"
 
-#define PRG_NAME "sssd[nss]"
-
 static int service_reload(DBusMessage *message, struct sbus_connection *conn);
 
 struct sbus_method monitor_nss_methods[] = {
@@ -115,13 +113,13 @@ static int nss_get_config(struct nss_ctx *nctx,
                          &nctx->cache_refresh_timeout);
     if (ret != EOK) goto done;
     if (nctx->cache_refresh_timeout >= nctx->cache_timeout) {
-        SYSLOG_ERROR("Configuration error: EntryCacheNoWaitRefreshTimeout exceeds"
-                     "EntryCacheTimeout. Disabling feature.\n");
+        DEBUG(0,("Configuration error: EntryCacheNoWaitRefreshTimeout exceeds"
+                 "EntryCacheTimeout. Disabling feature.\n"));
         nctx->cache_refresh_timeout = 0;
     }
     if (nctx->cache_refresh_timeout < 0) {
-        SYSLOG_ERROR("Configuration error: EntryCacheNoWaitRefreshTimeout is"
-                     "invalid. Disabling feature.\n");
+        DEBUG(0,("Configuration error: EntryCacheNoWaitRefreshTimeout is"
+                 "invalid. Disabling feature.\n"));
         nctx->cache_refresh_timeout = 0;
     }
 
@@ -241,7 +239,7 @@ static void nss_dp_reconnect_init(struct sbus_connection *conn,
     }
 
     /* Failed to reconnect */
-    SYSLOG_ERROR("Could not reconnect to data provider.\n");
+    DEBUG(0, ("Could not reconnect to data provider.\n"));
     /* Kill the backend and let the monitor restart it */
     nss_shutdown(rctx);
 }
@@ -256,13 +254,13 @@ int nss_process_init(TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx,
 
     nctx = talloc_zero(mem_ctx, struct nss_ctx);
     if (!nctx) {
-        SYSLOG_ERROR("fatal error initializing nss_ctx\n");
+        DEBUG(0, ("fatal error initializing nss_ctx\n"));
         return ENOMEM;
     }
 
     ret = nss_ncache_init(nctx, &nctx->ncache);
     if (ret != EOK) {
-        SYSLOG_ERROR("fatal error initializing negative cache\n");
+        DEBUG(0, ("fatal error initializing negative cache\n"));
         return ret;
     }
 
@@ -287,7 +285,7 @@ int nss_process_init(TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx,
 
     ret = nss_get_config(nctx, nctx->rctx, cdb);
     if (ret != EOK) {
-        SYSLOG_ERROR("fatal error getting nss config\n");
+        DEBUG(0, ("fatal error getting nss config\n"));
         return ret;
     }
 
@@ -296,7 +294,7 @@ int nss_process_init(TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx,
                          SERVICE_CONF_ENTRY,
                          "reconnection_retries", 3, &max_retries);
     if (ret != EOK) {
-        SYSLOG_ERROR("Failed to set up automatic reconnection\n");
+        DEBUG(0, ("Failed to set up automatic reconnection\n"));
         return ret;
     }
 
@@ -335,11 +333,8 @@ int main(int argc, const char *argv[])
 
     poptFreeContext(pc);
 
-    /* enable syslog logging */
-    openlog(PRG_NAME, LOG_PID, LOG_DAEMON);
-
     /* set up things like debug , signals, daemonization, etc... */
-    ret = server_setup(PRG_NAME, 0, NSS_SRV_CONFIG, &main_ctx);
+    ret = server_setup("sssd[nss]", 0, NSS_SRV_CONFIG, &main_ctx);
     if (ret != EOK) return 2;
 
     ret = die_if_parent_died();
@@ -356,9 +351,6 @@ int main(int argc, const char *argv[])
     /* loop on main */
     server_loop(main_ctx);
 
-    /* close syslog */
-    closelog();
-
     return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/server/responder/nss/nsssrv_cmd.c b/server/responder/nss/nsssrv_cmd.c
index 87886a30..8ca0be68 100644
--- a/server/responder/nss/nsssrv_cmd.c
+++ b/server/responder/nss/nsssrv_cmd.c
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ static void nss_cmd_getpwnam_callback(void *ptr, int status,
                 ret = sysdb_get_ctx_from_list(cctx->rctx->db_list,
                                               dctx->domain, &sysdb);
                 if (ret != EOK) {
-                    SYSLOG_ERROR("Fatal: Sysdb CTX not found for this domain!\n");
+                    DEBUG(0, ("Fatal: Sysdb CTX not found for this domain!\n"));
                     NSS_CMD_FATAL_ERROR(cctx);
                 }
                 ret = sysdb_getpwnam(cmdctx, sysdb,
@@ -562,7 +562,7 @@ static void nss_cmd_getpwnam_dp_callback(uint16_t err_maj, uint32_t err_min,
     ret = sysdb_get_ctx_from_list(cctx->rctx->db_list,
                                   dctx->domain, &sysdb);
     if (ret != EOK) {
-        SYSLOG_ERROR("Fatal: Sysdb CTX not found for this domain!\n");
+        DEBUG(0, ("Fatal: Sysdb CTX not found for this domain!\n"));
         NSS_CMD_FATAL_ERROR(cctx);
     }
     ret = sysdb_getpwnam(cmdctx, sysdb,
@@ -692,7 +692,7 @@ static int nss_cmd_getpwnam(struct cli_ctx *cctx)
     ret = sysdb_get_ctx_from_list(cctx->rctx->db_list,
                                   dctx->domain, &sysdb);
     if (ret != EOK) {
-        SYSLOG_ERROR("Fatal: Sysdb CTX not found for this domain!\n");
+        DEBUG(0, ("Fatal: Sysdb CTX not found for this domain!\n"));
         ret = EFAULT;
         goto done;
     }
@@ -782,8 +782,8 @@ static void nss_cmd_getpwuid_callback(void *ptr, int status,
                 ret = ENOENT;
             }
             if (dom == NULL) {
-                SYSLOG_ERROR("No matching domain found for [%lu], fail!\n",
-                          (unsigned long)cmdctx->id);
+                DEBUG(0, ("No matching domain found for [%lu], fail!\n",
+                          (unsigned long)cmdctx->id));
                 ret = ENOENT;
             }
 
@@ -799,7 +799,7 @@ static void nss_cmd_getpwuid_callback(void *ptr, int status,
                 ret = sysdb_get_ctx_from_list(cctx->rctx->db_list,
                                               dctx->domain, &sysdb);
                 if (ret != EOK) {
-                    SYSLOG_ERROR("Fatal: Sysdb CTX not found for this domain!\n");
+                    DEBUG(0, ("Fatal: Sysdb CTX not found for this domain!\n"));
                     NSS_CMD_FATAL_ERROR(cctx);
                 }
                 ret = sysdb_getpwuid(cmdctx, sysdb,
@@ -897,7 +897,7 @@ static void nss_cmd_getpwuid_dp_callback(uint16_t err_maj, uint32_t err_min,
     ret = sysdb_get_ctx_from_list(cctx->rctx->db_list,
                                   dctx->domain, &sysdb);
     if (ret != EOK) {
-        SYSLOG_ERROR("Fatal: Sysdb CTX not found for this domain!\n");
+        DEBUG(0, ("Fatal: Sysdb CTX not found for this domain!\n"));
         NSS_CMD_FATAL_ERROR(cctx);
     }
     ret = sysdb_getpwuid(cmdctx, sysdb,
@@ -985,7 +985,7 @@ static int nss_cmd_getpwuid(struct cli_ctx *cctx)
         ret = sysdb_get_ctx_from_list(cctx->rctx->db_list,
                                       dctx->domain, &sysdb);
         if (ret != EOK) {
-            SYSLOG_ERROR("Fatal: Sysdb CTX not found for this domain!\n");
+            DEBUG(0, ("Fatal: Sysdb CTX not found for this domain!\n"));
             ret = EFAULT;
             goto done;
         }
@@ -1113,7 +1113,7 @@ static void nss_cmd_setpwent_callback(void *ptr, int status,
             ret = sysdb_get_ctx_from_list(cctx->rctx->db_list,
                                           dctx->domain, &sysdb);
             if (ret != EOK) {
-                SYSLOG_ERROR("Fatal: Sysdb CTX not found for this domain!\n");
+                DEBUG(0, ("Fatal: Sysdb CTX not found for this domain!\n"));
                 NSS_CMD_FATAL_ERROR(cctx);
             }
             ret = sysdb_enumpwent(dctx, sysdb,
@@ -1174,7 +1174,7 @@ static void nss_cmd_setpw_dp_callback(uint16_t err_maj, uint32_t err_min,
     ret = sysdb_get_ctx_from_list(cctx->rctx->db_list,
                                   dctx->domain, &sysdb);
     if (ret != EOK) {
-        SYSLOG_ERROR("Fatal: Sysdb CTX not found for this domain!\n");
+        DEBUG(0, ("Fatal: Sysdb CTX not found for this domain!\n"));
         NSS_CMD_FATAL_ERROR(cctx);
     }
     ret = sysdb_enumpwent(cmdctx, sysdb,
@@ -1260,7 +1260,7 @@ static int nss_cmd_setpwent_ext(struct cli_ctx *cctx, bool immediate)
         ret = sysdb_get_ctx_from_list(cctx->rctx->db_list,
                                       dctx->domain, &sysdb);
         if (ret != EOK) {
-            SYSLOG_ERROR("Fatal: Sysdb CTX not found for this domain!\n");
+            DEBUG(0, ("Fatal: Sysdb CTX not found for this domain!\n"));
             ret = EFAULT;
             goto done;
         }
@@ -1798,7 +1798,7 @@ static void nss_cmd_getgrnam_callback(void *ptr, int status,
                 ret = sysdb_get_ctx_from_list(cctx->rctx->db_list,
                                               dctx->domain, &sysdb);
                 if (ret != EOK) {
-                    SYSLOG_ERROR("Fatal: Sysdb CTX not found for this domain!\n");
+                    DEBUG(0, ("Fatal: Sysdb CTX not found for this domain!\n"));
                     NSS_CMD_FATAL_ERROR(cctx);
                 }
                 ret = sysdb_getgrnam(cmdctx, sysdb,
@@ -1892,7 +1892,7 @@ static void nss_cmd_getgrnam_dp_callback(uint16_t err_maj, uint32_t err_min,
     ret = sysdb_get_ctx_from_list(cctx->rctx->db_list,
                                   dctx->domain, &sysdb);
     if (ret != EOK) {
-        SYSLOG_ERROR("Fatal: Sysdb CTX not found for this domain!\n");
+        DEBUG(0, ("Fatal: Sysdb CTX not found for this domain!\n"));
         NSS_CMD_FATAL_ERROR(cctx);
     }
     ret = sysdb_getgrnam(cmdctx, sysdb,
@@ -2022,7 +2022,7 @@ static int nss_cmd_getgrnam(struct cli_ctx *cctx)
     ret = sysdb_get_ctx_from_list(cctx->rctx->db_list,
                                   dctx->domain, &sysdb);
     if (ret != EOK) {
-        SYSLOG_ERROR("Fatal: Sysdb CTX not found for this domain!\n");
+        DEBUG(0, ("Fatal: Sysdb CTX not found for this domain!\n"));
         ret = EFAULT;
         goto done;
     }
@@ -2113,8 +2113,8 @@ static void nss_cmd_getgrgid_callback(void *ptr, int status,
                 ret = ENOENT;
             }
             if (dom == NULL) {
-                SYSLOG_ERROR("No matching domain found for [%lu], fail!\n",
-                          (unsigned long)cmdctx->id);
+                DEBUG(0, ("No matching domain found for [%lu], fail!\n",
+                          (unsigned long)cmdctx->id));
                 ret = ENOENT;
             }
 
@@ -2130,7 +2130,7 @@ static void nss_cmd_getgrgid_callback(void *ptr, int status,
                 ret = sysdb_get_ctx_from_list(cctx->rctx->db_list,
                                               dctx->domain, &sysdb);
                 if (ret != EOK) {
-                    SYSLOG_ERROR("Fatal: Sysdb CTX not found for this domain!\n");
+                    DEBUG(0, ("Fatal: Sysdb CTX not found for this domain!\n"));
                     NSS_CMD_FATAL_ERROR(cctx);
                 }
                 ret = sysdb_getgrgid(cmdctx, sysdb,
@@ -2222,7 +2222,7 @@ static void nss_cmd_getgrgid_dp_callback(uint16_t err_maj, uint32_t err_min,
     ret = sysdb_get_ctx_from_list(cctx->rctx->db_list,
                                   dctx->domain, &sysdb);
     if (ret != EOK) {
-        SYSLOG_ERROR("Fatal: Sysdb CTX not found for this domain!\n");
+        DEBUG(0, ("Fatal: Sysdb CTX not found for this domain!\n"));
         NSS_CMD_FATAL_ERROR(cctx);
     }
     ret = sysdb_getgrgid(cmdctx, sysdb,
@@ -2310,7 +2310,7 @@ static int nss_cmd_getgrgid(struct cli_ctx *cctx)
         ret = sysdb_get_ctx_from_list(cctx->rctx->db_list,
                                       dctx->domain, &sysdb);
         if (ret != EOK) {
-            SYSLOG_ERROR("Fatal: Sysdb CTX not found for this domain!\n");
+            DEBUG(0, ("Fatal: Sysdb CTX not found for this domain!\n"));
             ret = EFAULT;
             goto done;
         }
@@ -2434,7 +2434,7 @@ static void nss_cmd_setgrent_callback(void *ptr, int status,
             ret = sysdb_get_ctx_from_list(cctx->rctx->db_list,
                                           dctx->domain, &sysdb);
             if (ret != EOK) {
-                SYSLOG_ERROR("Fatal: Sysdb CTX not found for this domain!\n");
+                DEBUG(0, ("Fatal: Sysdb CTX not found for this domain!\n"));
                 NSS_CMD_FATAL_ERROR(cctx);
             }
             ret = sysdb_enumgrent(dctx, sysdb,
@@ -2495,7 +2495,7 @@ static void nss_cmd_setgr_dp_callback(uint16_t err_maj, uint32_t err_min,
     ret = sysdb_get_ctx_from_list(cctx->rctx->db_list,
                                   dctx->domain, &sysdb);
     if (ret != EOK) {
-        SYSLOG_ERROR("Fatal: Sysdb CTX not found for this domain!\n");
+        DEBUG(0, ("Fatal: Sysdb CTX not found for this domain!\n"));
         NSS_CMD_FATAL_ERROR(cctx);
     }
     ret = sysdb_enumgrent(dctx, sysdb,
@@ -2581,7 +2581,7 @@ static int nss_cmd_setgrent_ext(struct cli_ctx *cctx, bool immediate)
         ret = sysdb_get_ctx_from_list(cctx->rctx->db_list,
                                       dctx->domain, &sysdb);
         if (ret != EOK) {
-            SYSLOG_ERROR("Fatal: Sysdb CTX not found for this domain!\n");
+            DEBUG(0, ("Fatal: Sysdb CTX not found for this domain!\n"));
             ret = EFAULT;
             goto done;
         }
@@ -2824,7 +2824,7 @@ static void nss_cmd_getinitgr_callback(uint16_t err_maj, uint32_t err_min,
     ret = sysdb_get_ctx_from_list(cctx->rctx->db_list,
                                   dctx->domain, &sysdb);
     if (ret != EOK) {
-        SYSLOG_ERROR("Fatal: Sysdb CTX not found for this domain!\n");
+        DEBUG(0, ("Fatal: Sysdb CTX not found for this domain!\n"));
         NSS_CMD_FATAL_ERROR(cctx);
     }
     ret = sysdb_initgroups(cmdctx, sysdb,
@@ -2875,7 +2875,7 @@ static void nss_cmd_getinitnam_dp_callback(uint16_t err_maj, uint32_t err_min,
     ret = sysdb_get_ctx_from_list(cctx->rctx->db_list,
                                   dctx->domain, &sysdb);
     if (ret != EOK) {
-        SYSLOG_ERROR("Fatal: Sysdb CTX not found for this domain!\n");
+        DEBUG(0, ("Fatal: Sysdb CTX not found for this domain!\n"));
         NSS_CMD_FATAL_ERROR(cctx);
     }
     ret = sysdb_getpwnam(cmdctx, sysdb,
@@ -3021,7 +3021,7 @@ static void nss_cmd_getinit_callback(void *ptr, int status,
                 ret = sysdb_get_ctx_from_list(cctx->rctx->db_list,
                                               dctx->domain, &sysdb);
                 if (ret != EOK) {
-                    SYSLOG_ERROR("Fatal: Sysdb CTX not found for this domain!\n");
+                    DEBUG(0, ("Fatal: Sysdb CTX not found for this domain!\n"));
                     NSS_CMD_FATAL_ERROR(cctx);
                 }
                 ret = sysdb_getpwnam(cmdctx, sysdb,
@@ -3200,7 +3200,7 @@ static int nss_cmd_initgroups(struct cli_ctx *cctx)
     ret = sysdb_get_ctx_from_list(cctx->rctx->db_list,
                                   dctx->domain, &sysdb);
     if (ret != EOK) {
-        SYSLOG_ERROR("Fatal: Sysdb CTX not found for this domain!\n");
+        DEBUG(0, ("Fatal: Sysdb CTX not found for this domain!\n"));
         ret = EFAULT;
         goto done;
     }
diff --git a/server/responder/pam/pam_LOCAL_domain.c b/server/responder/pam/pam_LOCAL_domain.c
index 25a5aed4..41d64b3e 100644
--- a/server/responder/pam/pam_LOCAL_domain.c
+++ b/server/responder/pam/pam_LOCAL_domain.c
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ int LOCAL_pam_handler(struct pam_auth_req *preq)
     ret = sysdb_get_ctx_from_list(preq->cctx->rctx->db_list,
                                   preq->domain, &lreq->dbctx);
     if (ret != EOK) {
-        SYSLOG_ERROR("Fatal: Sysdb CTX not found for this domain!\n");
+        DEBUG(0, ("Fatal: Sysdb CTX not found for this domain!\n"));
         talloc_free(lreq);
         return ret;
     }
diff --git a/server/responder/pam/pamsrv.c b/server/responder/pam/pamsrv.c
index 4e0bf83e..c751528f 100644
--- a/server/responder/pam/pamsrv.c
+++ b/server/responder/pam/pamsrv.c
@@ -48,8 +48,6 @@
 #define PAM_SBUS_SERVICE_NAME "pam"
 #define PAM_SRV_CONFIG "config/services/pam"
 
-#define PRG_NAME "sssd[pam]"
-
 static int service_reload(DBusMessage *message, struct sbus_connection *conn);
 
 struct sbus_method monitor_pam_methods[] = {
@@ -119,7 +117,7 @@ static void pam_dp_reconnect_init(struct sbus_connection *conn, int status, void
     }
 
     /* Handle failure */
-    SYSLOG_ERROR("Could not reconnect to data provider.\n");
+    DEBUG(0, ("Could not reconnect to data provider.\n"));
     /* Kill the backend and let the monitor restart it */
     pam_shutdown(rctx);
 }
@@ -157,7 +155,7 @@ static int pam_process_init(TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx,
     ret = confdb_get_int(rctx->cdb, rctx, SERVICE_CONF_ENTRY,
                          "reconnection_retries", 3, &max_retries);
     if (ret != EOK) {
-        SYSLOG_ERROR("Failed to set up automatic reconnection\n");
+        DEBUG(0, ("Failed to set up automatic reconnection\n"));
         return ret;
     }
 
@@ -193,11 +191,8 @@ int main(int argc, const char *argv[])
 
 	poptFreeContext(pc);
 
-    /* enable syslog logging */
-    openlog(PRG_NAME, LOG_PID, LOG_DAEMON);
-
     /* set up things like debug , signals, daemonization, etc... */
-    ret = server_setup(PRG_NAME, 0, PAM_SRV_CONFIG, &main_ctx);
+    ret = server_setup("sssd[pam]", 0, PAM_SRV_CONFIG, &main_ctx);
     if (ret != EOK) return 2;
 
     ret = die_if_parent_died();
@@ -214,9 +209,6 @@ int main(int argc, const char *argv[])
     /* loop on main */
     server_loop(main_ctx);
 
-    /* close syslog */
-    closelog();
-
     return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/server/responder/pam/pamsrv_cache.c b/server/responder/pam/pamsrv_cache.c
index 51e8354d..9c5c209f 100644
--- a/server/responder/pam/pamsrv_cache.c
+++ b/server/responder/pam/pamsrv_cache.c
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ int pam_cache_auth(struct pam_auth_req *preq)
     ret = sysdb_get_ctx_from_list(preq->cctx->rctx->db_list,
                                   preq->domain, &sysdb);
     if (ret != EOK) {
-        SYSLOG_ERROR("Fatal: Sysdb CTX not found for this domain!\n");
+        DEBUG(0, ("Fatal: Sysdb CTX not found for this domain!\n"));
         return ret;
     }
     ret = sysdb_get_user_attr(preq, sysdb,
diff --git a/server/responder/pam/pamsrv_cmd.c b/server/responder/pam/pamsrv_cmd.c
index 874ff201..671dc087 100644
--- a/server/responder/pam/pamsrv_cmd.c
+++ b/server/responder/pam/pamsrv_cmd.c
@@ -532,7 +532,7 @@ static int pam_forwarder(struct cli_ctx *cctx, int pam_cmd)
         ret = sysdb_get_ctx_from_list(cctx->rctx->db_list,
                                       preq->domain, &sysdb);
         if (ret != EOK) {
-            SYSLOG_ERROR("Fatal: Sysdb CTX not found for this domain!\n");
+            DEBUG(0, ("Fatal: Sysdb CTX not found for this domain!\n"));
             goto done;
         }
         ret = sysdb_getpwnam(preq, sysdb,
@@ -584,7 +584,7 @@ static void pam_check_user_dp_callback(uint16_t err_maj, uint32_t err_min,
     ret = sysdb_get_ctx_from_list(preq->cctx->rctx->db_list,
                                   preq->domain, &sysdb);
     if (ret != EOK) {
-        SYSLOG_ERROR("Fatal: Sysdb CTX not found for this domain!\n");
+        DEBUG(0, ("Fatal: Sysdb CTX not found for this domain!\n"));
         goto done;
     }
     ret = sysdb_getpwnam(preq, sysdb,
@@ -733,7 +733,7 @@ static void pam_check_user_callback(void *ptr, int status,
                     ret = sysdb_get_ctx_from_list(preq->cctx->rctx->db_list,
                                                   preq->domain, &sysdb);
                     if (ret != EOK) {
-                        SYSLOG_ERROR("Fatal: Sysdb CTX not found for this domain!\n");
+                        DEBUG(0, ("Fatal: Sysdb CTX not found for this domain!\n"));
                         preq->pd->pam_status = PAM_SYSTEM_ERR;
                         pam_reply(preq);
                         return;
diff --git a/server/responder/pam/pamsrv_dp.c b/server/responder/pam/pamsrv_dp.c
index 3f2a9bce..7ea2b7e4 100644
--- a/server/responder/pam/pamsrv_dp.c
+++ b/server/responder/pam/pamsrv_dp.c
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ static void pam_dp_process_reply(DBusPendingCall *pending, void *ptr)
     dbus_pending_call_block(pending);
     msg = dbus_pending_call_steal_reply(pending);
     if (msg == NULL) {
-        SYSLOG_ERROR("Severe error. A reply callback was called but no reply was received and no timeout occurred\n");
+        DEBUG(0, ("Severe error. A reply callback was called but no reply was received and no timeout occurred\n"));
         preq->pd->pam_status = PAM_SYSTEM_ERR;
         goto done;
     }
@@ -57,18 +57,18 @@ static void pam_dp_process_reply(DBusPendingCall *pending, void *ptr)
         case DBUS_MESSAGE_TYPE_METHOD_RETURN:
             ret = dp_unpack_pam_response(msg, preq->pd, &dbus_error);
             if (!ret) {
-                SYSLOG_ERROR("Failed to parse reply.\n");
+                DEBUG(0, ("Failed to parse reply.\n"));
                 preq->pd->pam_status = PAM_SYSTEM_ERR;
                 goto done;
             }
             DEBUG(4, ("received: [%d][%s]\n", preq->pd->pam_status, preq->pd->domain));
             break;
         case DBUS_MESSAGE_TYPE_ERROR:
-            SYSLOG_ERROR("Reply error.\n");
+            DEBUG(0, ("Reply error.\n"));
             preq->pd->pam_status = PAM_SYSTEM_ERR;
             break;
         default:
-            SYSLOG_ERROR("Default... what now?.\n");
+            DEBUG(0, ("Default... what now?.\n"));
             preq->pd->pam_status = PAM_SYSTEM_ERR;
     }
 
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ int pam_dp_send_req(struct pam_auth_req *preq, int timeout)
                                        DP_CLI_INTERFACE,
                                        DP_SRV_METHOD_PAMHANDLER);
     if (msg == NULL) {
-        SYSLOG_ERROR("Out of memory?!\n");
+        DEBUG(0,("Out of memory?!\n"));
         return ENOMEM;
     }
 
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ int pam_dp_send_req(struct pam_auth_req *preq, int timeout)
          * We can't communicate on this connection
          * We'll drop it using the default destructor.
          */
-        SYSLOG_ERROR("D-BUS send failed.\n");
+        DEBUG(0, ("D-BUS send failed.\n"));
         dbus_message_unref(msg);
         return EIO;
     }