sshd.log permissions error message

[Max Bowsher]

Mike.P.Smith@kp.org <Mike.P.Smith@kp.org> wrote:

> Hi Max,

Hi - please keep replies on list.

> You know in the heat of working through setting sshd up I didn't
> think to check the latest time stamp on the log, and after checking
> it I find that it is a bit stale. However, if I have logs prior to
> the time that I fixed a problem preventing sshd from starting then
> why don't I get any entries in sshd.log now?

Because sshd only logs serious error conditions to stdout & stderr (which is
what is being sent to /var/log/sshd.log, by cygrunsrv).

You can add the -e option to log to stderr instead of syslog (the NT event
log).

--
Max.


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