It might be an issue with /dev/log not existing in the chrooted environment. If you are running syslog-ng, you could tell it to open a second Unix domain dgram socket. ("unix-dgram(/chroot/path/dev/log);") On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 9:53 AM, <kjh26@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello: > > We are using OpenSSH 5.3p1. > > We are using this to host an SFTP drop-box. We have implemented chroot & > privilege separation. > > For corporate security reasons, we are running sshd as an application ID > setuid root (long story - don't want to go into it here) > > The issue we are noting is that we 'lose' SFTP logging of commands when > sshd is run normally. > > When we run it in DEBUG, we see the SFTP commands in the log. > > We suspected the chrooting/priv sep had something to do with it, however, > changing the sftp-server to be setuid root did not fix the issue. > > Any ideas? > > > Thanks > > > Kevin J. Herman > Sr. Systems Analyst > EBMX [Electronic Business Message eXchange] > ITM - Procurement Systems > > T/L 776-6793 > O/L (248)576-6793 > FAX (248)576-2185 > > CTC E3000-3S2E8 > CIMS 483-01-19 > LOC/DEPT: 1100-1721 > > -- And, did Galoka think the Ulus were too ugly to save? -Centauri