Windows credential provider logging

Question

I am simply looking to add logging output to a file in a Windows credential provider v2, I am not sure on the best way to achieve it.

I am also looking to run a loop within Credential provider to check if a file exists but unsure where to start the function from?

Answer 1

To monitor for some system Hardware have a look at SampleHardwareEventCredentialProvider .

To log something you can always use system event log in two simple calls.

Answer 2

If you develop it using Visual Studio, you can use Nuget library called Plog

You can install it by right clicking the project name --> Manage NuGet packages... --> then search Plog

I started to use this library last year, and it works like charm. https://github.com/SergiusTheBest/plog