Bug ID 482204: Setting sshd log-level has no effect and sshd log entries appear in /var/log/ltm

Last Modified: Apr 28, 2025

Affected Product(s):
BIG-IP All(all modules)

Known Affected Versions:
11.5.0, 11.5.1, 11.5.1 HF1, 11.5.1 HF2, 11.5.1 HF3, 11.5.1 HF4, 11.5.1 HF5, 11.5.1 HF6, 11.5.1 HF7, 11.5.1 HF8, 11.5.1 HF9, 11.5.1 HF10, 11.5.1 HF11, 11.5.2, 11.5.2 HF1, 11.5.3, 11.5.3 HF1, 11.5.3 HF2, 11.5.4, 11.5.4 HF1, 11.5.4 HF2, 11.5.4 HF3, 11.5.4 HF4, 11.5.5, 11.5.6, 11.5.7, 11.5.8, 11.5.9, 11.5.10, 11.6.0, 11.6.0 HF1, 11.6.0 HF2, 11.6.0 HF3, 11.6.0 HF4, 11.6.0 HF5, 11.6.0 HF6, 11.6.0 HF7, 11.6.0 HF8, 11.6.1, 11.6.1 HF1, 11.6.1 HF2, 11.6.2, 11.6.2 HF1, 11.6.3, 11.6.3.1, 11.6.3.2, 11.6.3.3, 11.6.3.4, 11.6.4, 11.6.5, 11.6.5.1, 11.6.5.2, 11.6.5.3

Fixed In:
12.0.0

Opened: Oct 01, 2014

Severity: 3-Major

Related Article: K17367

Symptoms

Attempts to modify the ssh daemon logging level have no effect. The log level is always 'info' (the system default). Note: You might find sshd log messages in a different log file from prior releases. Beginning with 11.5.0, the system posts log messages from sshd in /var/log/ltm. In pre-11.5.0 releases, sshd messages appeared in /var/log/secure.

Impact

sshd continues to log info-level messages, so users are unable to filter ssh logs.

Conditions

The results of this issue are evident when you modify sshd log-level by running a command similar to the following: tmsh modify /sys sshd {log-level error}. However, there are no special conditions to trigger the sshd log message delivery to /var/log/ltm or /var/log/secure.

Workaround

None.

Fix Information

Setting the sshd log-level now correctly logs entries.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

K10134038: F5 Bug Tracker Filter Names and Tips