I'm not able to get sshd(8) to use alternative loglevels, such as Debug3. When sshd(8) starts, it goes through the normal reporting regardless of which LogLevel is set in sshd_config(5). Here is an excerpt from /var/log/authlog showing the daemon starting and a first connection from outside:
Mar 5 08:02:37 yeeloong sshd[13495]: Server listening on 0.0.0.0 port 22. Mar 5 08:02:37 yeeloong sshd[13495]: Server listening on :: port 22. Mar 5 08:11:55 yeeloong sshd[80107]: Connection from xx.yy.zz.aa port 60502 on xx.yy.zz.bb port 22 rdomain "0" Yet the loglevel seems to be read correctly from the configuration file: # /usr/sbin/sshd -T | grep -i loglevel loglevel DEBUG3 Invoking sshd(8) with -d, -dd, -ddd produces increased logging though, just not to the log file. Is this worth a formal report? /Lars ===== [ using 735440 bytes of bsd ELF symbol table ] Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. Copyright (c) 1995-2018 OpenBSD. All rights reserved. https://www.OpenBSD.org OpenBSD 6.3-beta (GENERIC) #337: Sat Mar 3 07:36:58 MST 2018 dera...@loongson.openbsd.org:/usr/src/sys/arch/loongson/compile/GENERIC real mem = 1073741824 (1024MB) avail mem = 1055784960 (1006MB) mainbus0 at root: Lemote Yeeloong cpu0 at mainbus0: STC Loongson2F CPU 797 MHz, STC Loongson2F FPU cpu0: cache L1-I 64KB D 64KB 4 way, L2 512KB 4 way bonito0 at mainbus0: memory and PCI-X controller, rev 1 pci0 at bonito0 bus 0 rl0 at pci0 dev 7 function 0 "Realtek 8139" rev 0x10: irq 5, address 00:23:8b:59:df:48 rlphy0 at rl0 phy 0: RTL internal PHY smfb0 at pci0 dev 8 function 0 "Silicon Motion LynxEM+" rev 0xb0: 1024x600, 16bpp wsdisplay0 at smfb0 mux 1: console (std, vt100 emulation) glxpcib0 at pci0 dev 14 function 0 "AMD CS5536 ISA" rev 0x03: rev 3, 32-bit 3579 545Hz timer, watchdog, gpio, i2c isa0 at glxpcib0 pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60/5 irq 1 irq 12 pckbd0 at pckbc0 (kbd slot) wskbd0 at pckbd0: console keyboard, using wsdisplay0 pms0 at pckbc0 (aux slot) wsmouse0 at pms0 mux 0 mcclock0 at isa0 port 0x70/2: mc146818 or compatible ykbec0 at isa0 port 0x381/3 gpio1 at glxpcib0: 32 pins iic at glxpcib0 not configured glxclk0 at glxpcib0: clock, prof pciide0 at pci0 dev 14 function 2 "AMD CS5536 IDE" rev 0x01: DMA, channel 0 wired to compatibility, channel 1 wired to compatibility wd0 at pciide0 channel 0 drive 0: <SanDisk SDCFX3-008G> wd0: 1-sector PIO, LBA, 7641MB, 15649200 sectors wd0(pciide0:0:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 2 pciide0: channel 1 ignored (disabled) auglx0 at pci0 dev 14 function 3 "AMD CS5536 Audio" rev 0x01: isa irq 9, CS5536 AC97 ac97: codec id 0x414c4760 (Avance Logic ALC655 rev 0) audio0 at auglx0 ohci0 at pci0 dev 14 function 4 "AMD CS5536 USB" rev 0x02: isa irq 11, version 1.0, legacy support ehci0 at pci0 dev 14 function 5 "AMD CS5536 USB" rev 0x02: isa irq 11 usb0 at ehci0: USB revision 2.0 uhub0 at usb0 configuration 1 interface 0 "AMD EHCI root hub" rev 2.00/1.00 addr 1 usb1 at ohci0: USB revision 1.0 uhub1 at usb1 configuration 1 interface 0 "AMD OHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1 apm0 at mainbus0 umass0 at uhub0 port 1 configuration 1 interface 0 "Generic USB2.0-CRW" rev 2.00/58.87 addr 2 umass0: using SCSI over Bulk-Only scsibus0 at umass0: 2 targets, initiator 0 sd0 at scsibus0 targ 1 lun 0: <Generic-, Multi-Card, 1.00> SCSI0 0/direct removable serial.0bda0158114173400000 urtw0 at uhub0 port 4 configuration 1 interface 0 "Realtek RTL8187B" rev 2.00/2.00 addr 3 urtw0: RTL8187B rev E, address 00:17:c4:4d:ed:56 vscsi0 at root scsibus1 at vscsi0: 256 targets softraid0 at root scsibus2 at softraid0: 256 targets pmon bootpath: /dev/disk/wd0 boot device: wd0 root on wd0a (7797d94bb0fceead.a) swap on wd0b dump on wd0b