- djm@cvs.openbsd.org 2008/10/08 23:34:03

     [ssh.1 ssh.c]
     Add -y option to force logging via syslog rather than stderr.
     Useful for daemonised ssh connection (ssh -f). Patch originally from
     and ok'd by markus@

3 files changed, 23 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 81c6ef9b4..35b63fafc 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -47,6 +47,11 @@
      and (as is fairly typical) did not report the problem to us.  But this fix
      is correct.
      ok djm
+   - djm@cvs.openbsd.org 2008/10/08 23:34:03
+     [ssh.1 ssh.c]
+     Add -y option to force logging via syslog rather than stderr.
+     Useful for daemonised ssh connection (ssh -f). Patch originally from
+     and ok'd by markus@
 
 20080906
  - (dtucker) [config.guess config.sub] Update to latest versions from
@@ -4781,4 +4786,4 @@
    OpenServer 6 and add osr5bigcrypt support so when someone migrates
    passwords between UnixWare and OpenServer they will still work. OK dtucker@
 
-$Id: ChangeLog,v 1.5109 2008/11/03 08:22:09 djm Exp $
+$Id: ChangeLog,v 1.5110 2008/11/03 08:22:37 djm Exp $
diff --git a/ssh.1 b/ssh.1
index 1883578f2..c8cd2136c 100644
--- a/ssh.1
+++ b/ssh.1
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@
 .\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
 .\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
-.\" $OpenBSD: ssh.1,v 1.277 2008/07/02 13:47:39 djm Exp $
-.Dd $Mdocdate: July 2 2008 $
+.\" $OpenBSD: ssh.1,v 1.278 2008/10/08 23:34:03 djm Exp $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: October 8 2008 $
 .Dt SSH 1
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 .Nd OpenSSH SSH client (remote login program)
 .Sh SYNOPSIS
 .Nm ssh
-.Op Fl 1246AaCfgKkMNnqsTtVvXxY
+.Op Fl 1246AaCfgKkMNnqsTtVvXxYy
 .Op Fl b Ar bind_address
 .Op Fl c Ar cipher_spec
 .Oo Fl D\ \&
@@ -658,6 +658,11 @@ Disables X11 forwarding.
 Enables trusted X11 forwarding.
 Trusted X11 forwardings are not subjected to the X11 SECURITY extension
 controls.
+.It Fl y
+Send log information using the
+.Xr syslog 3
+system module.
+By default this information is sent to stderr.
 .El
 .Pp
 .Nm
diff --git a/ssh.c b/ssh.c
index a91d886ce..ff47a6c28 100644
--- a/ssh.c
+++ b/ssh.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $OpenBSD: ssh.c,v 1.319 2008/09/11 14:22:37 markus Exp $ */
+/* $OpenBSD: ssh.c,v 1.320 2008/10/08 23:34:03 djm Exp $ */
 /*
  * Author: Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>
  * Copyright (c) 1995 Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>, Espoo, Finland
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ void muxserver_listen(void);
 int
 main(int ac, char **av)
 {
-        int i, opt, exit_status;
+        int i, opt, exit_status, use_syslog;
         char *p, *cp, *line, buf[256];
         struct stat st;
         struct passwd *pw;
@@ -269,10 +269,11 @@ main(int ac, char **av)
 
         /* Parse command-line arguments. */
         host = NULL;
+        use_syslog = 0;
 
  again:
         while ((opt = getopt(ac, av, "1246ab:c:e:fgi:kl:m:no:p:qstvx"
-            "ACD:F:I:KL:MNO:PR:S:TVw:XY")) != -1) {
+            "ACD:F:I:KL:MNO:PR:S:TVw:XYy")) != -1) {
                 switch (opt) {
                 case '1':
                         options.protocol = SSH_PROTO_1;
@@ -299,6 +300,9 @@ main(int ac, char **av)
                 case 'X':
                         options.forward_x11 = 1;
                         break;
+                case 'y':
+                        use_syslog = 1;
+                        break;
                 case 'Y':
                         options.forward_x11 = 1;
                         options.forward_x11_trusted = 1;
@@ -614,7 +618,7 @@ main(int ac, char **av)
          */
         log_init(av[0],
             options.log_level == -1 ? SYSLOG_LEVEL_INFO : options.log_level,
-            SYSLOG_FACILITY_USER, 1);
+            SYSLOG_FACILITY_USER, !use_syslog);
 
         /*
          * Read per-user configuration file.  Ignore the system wide config
@@ -640,7 +644,7 @@ main(int ac, char **av)
         channel_set_af(options.address_family);
 
         /* reinit */
-        log_init(av[0], options.log_level, SYSLOG_FACILITY_USER, 1);
+        log_init(av[0], options.log_level, SYSLOG_FACILITY_USER, !use_syslog);
 
         seed_rng();