Re: Alternative logging destination for sshd

On Thu, Jan 19, 2006 at 02:43:04PM +0100, Tob_Sch@xxxxxx wrote:
> we are using OpenSSH 4.2p1.
> Is it possible (with the help of documented or undocumented sshd_config
> parameters, or by changing some header file entries in the source) to force
> sshd to log to a named pipe instead to syslog?

You would need to modify the code or provide replacements for
openlog/syslog/closelog.

Most syslogds will write to a named pipe if you configure them to do
so, though. Would that serve your purpose?

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