>I don't think it should be this hard to fix. I'd like to help. Thanks David, your help is much appreciated. >What is /dev/log on each server (not the one in chroot). I.e. output of ls -l /dev/log On the next generation sftp server (Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS with it's shipped OpenSSH 7.6p1-4ubuntu0.5): ls -l /dev/log lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 28 Aug 27 11:54 /dev/log -> /run/systemd/journal/dev-log On the old (to be replaced with the new) sftp server (Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS with it's shipped OpenSSH 5.9p1-5ubuntu1.10): ls -l /dev/log srw-rw-rw- 1 root root 0 Sep 23 15:07 /dev/log >For external sftp, what is /dev/log in each NFS chroot? I.e. output of ls -l /var/data/chroot/dev/log Both above sftp servers (old and new generation) mount /var/data/chroot/ from a third NFS server appliance. Every sftp user has it's (chroot) home dir /var/data/chroot/<username>/ under that single NFS mount. E.g. for the user "sftp_nagios" this is ls -l /var/data/chroot/sftp_nagios/dev/log srw-rw-rw-+ 1 root root 0 Sep 29 11:26 /var/data/chroot/sftp_nagios/dev/log Best regards _______________________________________________ openssh-unix-dev mailing list openssh-unix-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.mindrot.org/mailman/listinfo/openssh-unix-dev