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I use Ubuntu 11.10. And I want it to write logging messages about failed ssh log in attempts to /var/log/auth.log. In my understanding /var/log/auth.log is supposed to hold all failed ssh connection attempts.

How am I supposed to do? (What do I need to check? How can I configure my machine?)

:~$ sudo ls -al /var/log/auth.log
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 0 2011-09-11 06:25 /var/log/auth.log
:~$ sudo ls -al /var/log/wtmp
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root utmp 15744 2013-03-21 18:09 /var/log/wtmp

Currently /var/log/wtmp is handled very well as you could find it above. But /var/log/auth.log is EMPTY. I'd like my machine handle /var/log/auth.log as it is supposed to be.

Thank you in advance.

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I checked /etc/rsyslog.conf And I found someone switched it with an unknown .conf file. But the original .conf file was saved with a different name - /etc/rsyslog.conf.original

This had been done before I start using of my virtual server service. Yes I use virtual server service.

The service operator or administrator did this into the images they provide. And I don't know why they do this. And I wonder why they do this.

Just with recovering to the original .conf file my problem is solved.

Thank you for your concern.

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