[syslog-ng] Timestamp inconsistency

Tim Boyer tim at denmantire.com
Wed Jul 4 19:41:25 CEST 2007


> 
> > > 
> > > 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 at denmantire.com



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