# sshd configuration
**URL:** https://forums.suse.com/t/sshd-configuration/27370
**Category:** SLES Configure-Administer
**Created:** [August 26, 2015, 9:03am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/sshd-configuration/27370 "2015-08-26T09:03:36Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@Pankaj](https://forums.suse.com/u/Pankaj)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2015, 9:03am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/sshd-configuration/27370/1 "2015-08-26T09:03:36Z")
Hi all,
I am using sles11 sp1. I want to configure sshd to log messages in different file other than /var/log/messages.
how can I achive this?
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### Author:  [@Pankaj](https://forums.suse.com/u/Pankaj)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2015, 11:49am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/sshd-configuration/27370/2 "2015-08-26T11:49:39Z")
Hi All,
It’s done using filter in /etc/rsyslog.conf file as
## Redirect sshd related messages
if ($programname == ‘sshd’ or $msg contains ‘publickey’) then \
#if ($msg contains ‘publickey’) then \
-/var/log/sshd/sshd.log;
& ~
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### Author:  [@maikcat](https://forums.suse.com/u/maikcat)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2015, 1:18pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/sshd-configuration/27370/3 "2015-08-26T13:18:33Z")
which syslog do you use? rsyslog or syslog-ng?
Michael.
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### Author:  [@smflood](https://forums.suse.com/u/smflood)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2015, 4:12pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/sshd-configuration/27370/4 "2015-08-26T16:12:32Z")
On 26/08/2015 11:24, maikcat wrote:
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> which syslog do you use? rsyslog or syslog-ng?[/color]
Given jaipankaj reported back that they edited /etc/rsyslog.conf I’m
guessing they’re using rsyslog. For syslog-ng on SLES11 SPx the file to
edit is /etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf which has a different format.
## HTH.
Simon
SUSE Knowledge Partner
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### Author:  [@maikcat](https://forums.suse.com/u/maikcat)
#### Post date: [August 27, 2015, 11:27am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/sshd-configuration/27370/5 "2015-08-27T11:27:37Z")
didnt notice that the op simply updated the thread with a solution,
my bad sorry
Michael.