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From: "RDD" <rdd37it AT hotmail DOT com>
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Subject: Can Cygwin sshd log to a file? (as opposed to Event Log)
Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2004 21:02:36 -0500
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Hello all -- 

I've modified the Logging section of cygwin\etc\cygserver.conf as follows:

# kern.log.syslog: Determines whether logging should go to the syslog,
# Default is "yes", if stderr is no tty, "no" otherwise.
# Command line option -y, --syslog or -Y, --no-syslog.
kern.log.syslog --no-syslog

# kern.log.stderr: Determines whether logging should go to stderr,
# Default is "yes", if stderr is a tty, "no" otherwise.
# Command line option -e, --stderr or -E, --no-stderr.
kern.log.stderr no

I would like to get the SSH server to log events (failed logins, etc.) to a
simple text file, such as sshd.log under cygwin\var\log.  Is this possible?
Or is this only a 'dummy' file, and Event Log in the only option for logging
on Windows (Win2k in this case)?

Thanks much for any assistance,
Bob

P.S. -- apologies if this has been covered previously -- my google and list
archive searches did not reveal an answer to this specific question.

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