So the easiest fix is to fix sshd.
I'll get right on that... :)
Seriously, thanks for the detailed explanation - I know what's happening now, at least. It's Red Hat RHEL5, so it's as up-to-date as I'm going to get, but I'll at least let them know it's a problem.
Hi,
this is a know problem due to the chrooted sshd and the missing /etc/localtime in the the chroot under /var/empty/sshd.
Check http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=193184 for the discussion and a workaround.
Running a couple of CentOS 4 and 5 systems here, the small script section from the bugzilla solved the time problem from the sshd logs for all of them.
hope that helps.
Jens, that's a _huge_ help. Thanks very much! -- Tim Boyer Director Information Systems and Engineering Projects Denman Tire Corporation tim@denmantire.com