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jvfarr
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| Okay, sorry to ask such a n00b question but where is the default location of the logs for ssh? |
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freebies_11
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| Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2005 4:20 am Post subject: |
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| /var/log/messages? |
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jvfarr
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| Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2005 8:47 am Post subject: |
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| Okay, what I meant to say was how do I change where the log is at, instead of the default, I wanna be able to have ssh write it's logs to /var/logs/sshd.log anyone know how to do that? |
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evoweiss
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| Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2005 11:29 am Post subject: |
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| jvfarr wrote: | | Okay, what I meant to say was how do I change where the log is at, instead of the default, I wanna be able to have ssh write it's logs to /var/logs/sshd.log anyone know how to do that? |
My ssh logs are in /var/log/sshd/
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expat_iain
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| Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2005 11:49 am Post subject: |
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In /etc/ssh/sshd_config you should find the following:
| Code: | # Logging
#obsoletes QuietMode and FascistLogging
#SyslogFacility AUTH
#LogLevel INFO |
Then you can modify those and play around with the settings in /etc/syslog.conf to specify destination log files.
Regs.
Iain. |
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