Theo de Raadt wrote on Fri, Jul 18, 2014 at 03:04:28PM -0600: > Unfortunately, no. > > The ssh manual pages are also used by the -portable effort. We do not > bother documenting these divergences; there is little harm. > > Actually you could submit a new diff which suggest that logging > "might" need a /dev/log setup. If written carefully to cover both > kinds of systems, that would be accepted.
OK? Ingo Index: sftp-server.8 =================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/src/usr.bin/ssh/sftp-server.8,v retrieving revision 1.25 diff -u -r1.25 sftp-server.8 --- sftp-server.8 14 Oct 2013 14:18:56 -0000 1.25 +++ sftp-server.8 28 Jul 2014 15:14:45 -0000 @@ -140,15 +140,21 @@ user's default mask. .El .Pp -For logging to work, +On many systems, .Nm must be able to access -.Pa /dev/log . -Use of +.Pa /dev/log +for logging to work, and use of .Nm in a chroot configuration therefore requires that .Xr syslogd 8 establish a logging socket inside the chroot directory. +This is not needed on systems implementing the +.Xr syslog 3 +family of functions in terms of a +.Xr sendsyslog 2 +system call, for example +.Ox . .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr sftp 1 , .Xr ssh 1 , Index: sshd_config.5 =================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/src/usr.bin/ssh/sshd_config.5,v retrieving revision 1.175 diff -u -r1.175 sshd_config.5 --- sshd_config.5 15 Jul 2014 15:54:14 -0000 1.175 +++ sshd_config.5 28 Jul 2014 15:14:45 -0000 @@ -345,9 +345,9 @@ .Dq sftp , no additional configuration of the environment is necessary if the in-process sftp server is used, -though sessions which use logging do require +though sessions which use logging may require .Pa /dev/log -inside the chroot directory (see +inside the chroot directory on some operating systems (see .Xr sftp-server 8 for details). .Pp
