Re: CentOS 5 sshd does not log IP address of reverse mapping failure

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Am 08.03.2013 15:50, schrieb Reindl Harald:
> Am 08.03.2013 15:01, schrieb Tilman Schmidt:
>> Am 07.03.2013 19:49, schrieb Les Mikesell:
[...]
>>> Does it work if you set
>>> UseDNS no
>>> in /etc/ssh/sshd_config?
>>
>> Not really. That seems to remove the "reverse mapping checking failed"
>> messages (assuming there were the usual number of such attempts after
>> I set that option), but IP addresses for failed logins to existing
>> users are never logged. The log contains just:
>>
>>   sshd[27912]: Disconnecting: Too many authentication failures for root
> 
> not true,

How do you know? I saw no logon from you on the machine I tested this
on. :-)

> i have "UseDNS no" on ANY machine since a long time
> and /var/log/secure contains ip-addresses as also logwatch

For failed login attempts to existing usernames? Can you share a log
entry? That would give me hope that it's just a configuration issue.

Thanks,
Tilman

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