Logfile encoding question

Andrey Klimentev andrei650816 at gmail.com
Mon Feb 13 17:12:11 AEDT 2017


Hello.

I've got a question about encoding in sshd's log files.

When I try to log in with a "х" username, which is a cyrillic "h" (U+0445),
I get this message in a logfile: input_userauth_request: invalid user
\\321\\205 [preauth].

I am struggling to understand: is that hex, is that octal? It doesn't map
to any encoding that I know of.


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