SSHD logging on Solaris 8?

[Courtin Bert]

Hi Eric,

logging is configured in sshd_config with

-
# Logging
# obsoletes QuietMode and FascistLogging
SyslogFacility AUTH
LogLevel INFO
-

where 'SyslogFacility' specifies which "facility" (sorry;-), i.e. e.g. 'auth', 'daemon', 'mail' etc should be used and with 'LogLevel' you can specify how verbosely sshd should be.


Of course the syslog-daemon (syslogd) must be running and configured in the right way, e.g.:

In /etc/syslog.conf add someting like 

-
# added for ssh-daemon
# 20020619 Bert Courtin
auth.info;auth.debug                                    /var/log/authlog
-

After configuring your syslogd, you'll have to stop and start it again or send a kill -HUP PID to the process to let your changes take effect.


Please also refer to the manual pages for sshd as well as syslogd.



Kind regards,
Bert Courtin


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eric N. Valor [mailto:ericv at cruzio.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2002 9:52 PM
> To: openssh-unix-dev at mindrot.org
> Subject: Fwd: SSHD logging on Solaris 8?
> 
> 
> 
> Sorry to send this to the wrong list.  But it appears that 
> the general list 
> is mostly utilized as a SPAM vector and/or is absentee moderated (the 
> message has yet to make it to the archives, despite being dated days 
> earlier than messages which are there).  In any event, I'd 
> like to know if 
> anyone could provide me with some more information than is 
> available in the 
> manpages, FAQ, and other on-line guides.
> 
> 
> >Howdy.
> >
> >I've parsed the archives and found nothing speaking to my 
> issue.  I'm 
> >using OpenSSH on Solaris 8, from the package available from 
> >SunFreeware.  Yes, I plan to go back and roll my own from 
> scratch but I'm 
> >in a hurry right now.
> >
> >Anyway, while debugging a login problem I was frustrated by 
> the lack of 
> >logging in /var/*.  The only "logging" I was able to see was 
> by executing 
> >"ssh -v" -- nowhere on the remote system (running the 
> daemon) did I find 
> >*ANY* logging whatsoever.  The sshd_config manpage has nothing about 
> >specifying a logfile, and none of the logging settings I 
> tried did anything.
> >
> >Is this a problem specific with Solaris (I'm a Linux guy in normal 
> >circumstances), with the package from SunFreeware, or with 
> OpenSSH itself?
> >
> >Any input would be appreciated.
> >
> >Thanks in advance.
> 
> --
> Eric N. Valor
> ericv at cruzio.com
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