Facilities

While the full list of facilities is reproduced here for completeness, using anything but LOG_AUTH, LOG_AUTHPRIV, and/or LOG_LOCAL0..7 is unlikely to have the desired results. LOG_USER can be used for Notices, but Info messages are generally not saved.

Facility	Description
LOG_AUTH	security/authorization messages (use LOG_AUTHPRIV instead in systems where that constant is defined)
LOG_AUTHPRIV	security/authorization messages (private)
LOG_CRON	clock daemon (cron and at)
LOG_DAEMON	other system daemons
LOG_KERN	kernel messages
LOG_LOCAL0…7	reserved for local use, these are not available in Windows
LOG_LPR	line printer subsystem
LOG_MAIL	mail subsystem
LOG_NEWS	USENET news subsystem
LOG_SYSLOG	messages generated internally by syslogd
LOG_USER	generic user-level messages
LOG_UUCP	UUCP subsystem

Logfile Reference

OS	Level	LOG_AUTH	LOG_AUTHPRIV	LOG_USER
CentOS 7		(not used)	/var/log/secure
FreeBSD	INFO	/var/log/auth/log	/var/log/auth/log
	NOTICE	/var/log/auth/log	/var/log/auth/log	/var/log/messages
Ubuntu 18	(all)	/var/log/auth.log	/var/log/auth.log	/var/log/syslog

Default Facilities

Free

Facility

Definition

LOG_AUTHPRIV

WP_FAIL2BAN_AUTH_LOG WP_FAIL2BAN_COMMENT_ATTEMPT_LOG WP_FAIL2BAN_COMMENT_LOG WP_FAIL2BAN_PASSWORD_REQUEST_LOG WP_FAIL2BAN_PINGBACK_LOG WP_FAIL2BAN_PLUGIN_AUTH_LOG WP_FAIL2BAN_PLUGIN_BLOCK_LOG WP_FAIL2BAN_PLUGIN_COMMENT_LOG WP_FAIL2BAN_PLUGIN_HONEYPOT_LOG WP_FAIL2BAN_PLUGIN_OTHER_LOG WP_FAIL2BAN_PLUGIN_PASSWORD_LOG WP_FAIL2BAN_PLUGIN_REST_LOG WP_FAIL2BAN_PLUGIN_SPAM_LOG WP_FAIL2BAN_PLUGIN_WAF_LOG WP_FAIL2BAN_PLUGIN_XMLRPC_LOG WP_FAIL2BAN_SPAM_LOG

Premium

Facility	Definition
LOG_AUTHPRIV	WP_FAIL2BAN_EX_BLOCK_COUNTRIES_LOG WP_FAIL2BAN_EX_HONEYPOT_LOG WP_FAIL2BAN_EX_WAF_LOG WP_FAIL2BAN_EX_XMLRPC_LOG