From 36322aa42d15f1fe6d8a1f3a84ede3ef4e7cc4f2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Luke Murphy Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2019 09:59:14 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Add note about /var/log/auth.log --- content/fundamentals/ssh.md | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/content/fundamentals/ssh.md b/content/fundamentals/ssh.md index 9cfdbc2..fb6ed23 100644 --- a/content/fundamentals/ssh.md +++ b/content/fundamentals/ssh.md @@ -339,6 +339,11 @@ Here are some questions to ask yourself: changes. After validating, always restart the SSH server after making configuration changes + * What does `sudo tail -f /var/log/auth.log` say? + * Every time an SSH client attempts to connect, a log + entry will be put into this file. Some hint as to why + it is failing should be here. + ### On the client Here are some questions to ask yourself: