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Re: Enable logging remote ssh contacts



Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote:
> 
> On 4/26/2011 10:10 AM, Fokke Nauta wrote:
>>
>>
>> Dawud Medina wrote:
>>>
>>> On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 06:02:00AM -0700, Fokke Nauta wrote:
>>>> Is there any way to
>>>> enable logging remote login attempts to have a view op what happens?
>>>
>>> Check the sshd_config manpage for LogLevel and/or SyslogFacility.
>>> Works the same for GNU/Linux, not cygwin specific.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Where can I find this man page?
> 
> man sshd_config
> 
>> I see two sshd_config config pages, one in \cygwin\etc and one in
>> \cygwin\etc\defaults\etc. Which one do I need to alter?
> 
> /etc is the one to edit. /etc/defaults/etc contains templates that
> get copied to the proper locations during initial configuration.
> They will be replaced each time you update.
> 
> -- 
> Larry
> 
> 

Thanks.
Never thought of opening the shell and type "man sshd_config".
It reminds me of UNIX :-)
Long before I got to Windows.
I edited the proper sshd_config file. Perhaps I didn't do that well enough,
but after restarting the Cygwin ssh service no login attempt was logged
after I logged in.

Fokke

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