Hi, Why is the logging disabled until the private host key files are loaded. I think it will be good idea to remove this check so that the errors while loading the host key files will also go to the sshd.log file. Here is the code snippet, *File - sshd.c* [image: Inline image 1] thanks _______________________________________________ openssh-unix-dev mailing list openssh-unix-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.mindrot.org/mailman/listinfo/openssh-unix-dev