openssh unix dev - May 2008 - openssh-5.0p1: sftp transfer logging doesn't appear to work with chroot environment [SOLVED]

On Sun, May 4, 2008 at 12:00 PM, Dan Yefimov <dan at
nf15.lightwave.net.ru> wrote:
> On Sun, 4 May 2008, john wrote:
>
>  > >  What exact steps have you taken to accomplish what Damien
proposed?
>  >
>
> > Yes sorry Dan, I should have been specific.
>  >
>  > I created a file in my chroot root called /home/dev/auth.log
>  >
>  > Then I edited syslogd to write auth log to that location and
restarted syslogd.
>  >
>  It was wrong yet from this point. You should have created directory named
'dev'
>  located right in your chroot directory. No syslogd.conf editing was
necessary.
>  After that you should have reloaded your syslogd with additional
>  '-a <path_to_your_chroot_directory>/dev/log' parameter. And
that's all!
>  --
>
>     Sincerely Your, Dan.
>
>
Sorry for the delayed response,

Dan and Peters pointer to using the syslogd -a option worked well.
This is solution is fine for us, if a bit arcane. Since I can imagine
this being a frequent request/complaint/misunderstanding about the way
chrooting works with sftp it might save people a lot of time in the
future if the man page gave a little note and example of how to log
from within an sftp chroot.

Thanks very much for your help. I really appreciate it!

John

On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 01:56:49PM -0700, john wrote:
> Sorry for the delayed response,
No problem.

> Dan and Peters pointer to using the syslogd -a option worked well.
Glad to hear it worked out!

> Since I can imagine this being a frequent
> request/complaint/misunderstanding about the way chrooting works
> with sftp it might save people a lot of time in the future if the
> man page gave a little note and example of how to log from within
> an sftp chroot.
I think that's a good idea! Can you send a patch for the manpage text?


//Peter