- djm@cvs.openbsd.org 2008/07/14 01:55:56
[sftp-server.8]
mention requirement for /dev/log inside chroot when using sftp-server
with ChrootDirectory
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 611e873..dfc8dc5 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@
increase number of piplelined requests so they properly fill the
(recently increased) channel window. prompted by rapier AT psc.edu;
ok markus@
+ - djm@cvs.openbsd.org 2008/07/14 01:55:56
+ [sftp-server.8]
+ mention requirement for /dev/log inside chroot when using sftp-server
+ with ChrootDirectory
- (djm) [openbsd-compat/bindresvport.c] Rename variables s/sin/in/ to
avoid clash with sin(3) function; reported by
cristian.ionescu-idbohrn AT axis.com
@@ -4658,4 +4662,4 @@
OpenServer 6 and add osr5bigcrypt support so when someone migrates
passwords between UnixWare and OpenServer they will still work. OK dtucker@
-$Id: ChangeLog,v 1.5081 2008/07/14 02:04:43 djm Exp $
+$Id: ChangeLog,v 1.5082 2008/07/14 02:09:57 djm Exp $
diff --git a/sftp-server.8 b/sftp-server.8
index d760974..8b71313 100644
--- a/sftp-server.8
+++ b/sftp-server.8
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: sftp-server.8,v 1.12 2007/05/31 19:20:16 jmc Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: sftp-server.8,v 1.13 2008/07/14 01:55:56 djm Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2000 Markus Friedl. All rights reserved.
.\"
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: May 31 2007 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: July 14 2008 $
.Dt SFTP-SERVER 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -72,6 +72,17 @@
DEBUG2 and DEBUG3 each specify higher levels of debugging output.
The default is ERROR.
.El
+.Pp
+For logging to work,
+.Nm
+must be able to access
+.Pa /dev/log .
+Use of
+.Nm
+in a chroot configuation therefore requires that
+.Xr syslogd 8
+establish a logging socket inside the chroot directory.
+.Pp
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr sftp 1 ,
.Xr ssh 1 ,