3 files changed, 37 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/cryptfs/config_test.go b/cryptfs/config_test.go
index 5cf04bf..0dedbd9 100644
--- a/cryptfs/config_test.go
+++ b/cryptfs/config_test.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package cryptfs
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
@@ -35,7 +34,7 @@ func TestLoadV2(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestLoadV2PwdError(t *testing.T) {
 	if !testing.Verbose() {
-		Warn.SetOutput(ioutil.Discard)
+		Warn.Enabled = false
 	}
 	_, _, err := LoadConfFile("config_test/v2.conf", "wrongpassword")
 	Warn.SetOutput(os.Stderr)
diff --git a/cryptfs/cryptfs.go b/cryptfs/cryptfs.go
index 232129f..5b3f074 100644
--- a/cryptfs/cryptfs.go
+++ b/cryptfs/cryptfs.go
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
+	PROGRAM_NAME = "gocryptfs"
+
 	DEFAULT_PLAINBS = 4096
 	KEY_LEN         = 32 // AES-256
 	AUTH_TAG_LEN    = 16
diff --git a/cryptfs/log.go b/cryptfs/log.go
index 32fe228..a5b5115 100644
--- a/cryptfs/log.go
+++ b/cryptfs/log.go
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ package cryptfs
 
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"log"
+	"log/syslog"
 	"os"
 )
 
@@ -16,19 +16,45 @@ func JSONDump(obj interface{}) string {
 	}
 }
 
-// As defined by http://elinux.org/Debugging_by_printing#Log_Levels
+// toggledLogger - a Logger than can be enabled and disabled
+type toggledLogger struct {
+	Enabled bool
+	*log.Logger
+}
+
+func (l *toggledLogger) Printf(format string, v ...interface{}) {
+	if !l.Enabled {
+		return
+	}
+	l.Logger.Printf(format, v...)
+}
+func (l *toggledLogger) Println(v ...interface{}) {
+	if !l.Enabled {
+		return
+	}
+	l.Logger.Println(v...)
+}
+func (l *toggledLogger) SwitchToSyslog(p syslog.Priority) {
+	w, err := syslog.New(p, PROGRAM_NAME)
+	if err != nil {
+		Warn.Printf("Cannot switch 0x%02x to syslog: %v", p, err)
+	} else {
+		l.SetOutput(w)
+	}
+}
 
+// As defined by http://elinux.org/Debugging_by_printing#Log_Levels
 // Debug messages
-var Debug *log.Logger
+var Debug *toggledLogger
 
 // Informational message e.g. startup information
-var Info *log.Logger
+var Info *toggledLogger
 
 // A warning, meaning nothing serious by itself but might indicate problems
-var Warn *log.Logger
+var Warn *toggledLogger
 
 func init() {
-	Debug = log.New(ioutil.Discard, "", 0)
-	Info = log.New(os.Stdout, "", 0)
-	Warn = log.New(os.Stderr, "", 0)
+	Debug = &toggledLogger{false, log.New(os.Stdout, "", 0)}
+	Info = &toggledLogger{true, log.New(os.Stdout, "", 0)}
+	Warn = &toggledLogger{true, log.New(os.Stderr, "", 0)}
 }