openssh unix dev - Oct 2002 - 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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Circa 2002-10-08 12:52:00 -0700 dixit Eric N. Valor:

: 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).

General list?  What general list?  I didn't know there was one for
OpenSSH....

  [...]

: >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.

I was never really able to get sshd to log anything via Solaris 8's
syslogd either, and i did my own OpenSSH build.  I prefer running sshd
with djb's daemontools (http://cr.yp.to/daemontools.html) anyway, so i
simply have sshd log to stderr using '-e' and log via multilog.

: >Is this a problem specific with Solaris (I'm a Linux guy in normal 
: >circumstances), with the package from SunFreeware, or with OpenSSH
: >itself?

No idea.  My knowledge of Solaris 8 quirks is pretty much limited to
having recently done a fairly stock install, reading man pages, and the
fine book by ?leen Frisch with the armadillo on the front....

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