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Re: Future timestamps in /var/log/secure
From: Brielle Bruns <bruns () 2mbit com>
Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2010 11:29:02 -0700
On 2/26/10 11:20 AM, Wade Peacock wrote:
I found a while ago in /var/log/secure that for an invalid ssh login attempt the ssh Bye Bye line is in the future. I have searched the web and can not find a reason for the future time in the log. Here is a sample. Repeated lines are shown once in first part Feb 26 17:50:38 mx sshd[19115]: Received disconnect from 210.212.145.152: 11: Bye Bye Feb 26 17:50:38 mx sshd[19118]: Received disconnect from 210.212.145.152: 11: Bye Bye Feb 26 09:52:39 mx proftpd[17297]: mx.example.com (208.xxx.xxx.xxx[208.xxx.xxx.xxx]) - FTP no transfer timeout, disconnected Can anyone explain the future time stamp on the Bye Bye lines? OS is Centos 5.4, FYI
Isn't the timestamps inserted by syslog rather then the reporting program itself?
What syslog do you use - classic (ie: sysklogd) or a modern one like rsyslog? It almost looks like the timezone got changed from local to GMT or similar, then swapped back (as odd as it may sound).
Perhaps time to file a bug report with the author of the syslog daemon you use?
-- Brielle Bruns The Summit Open Source Development Group http://www.sosdg.org / http://www.ahbl.org
Current thread:
- Future timestamps in /var/log/secure Wade Peacock (Feb 26)
- Re: Future timestamps in /var/log/secure Brielle Bruns (Feb 26)
- Re: Future timestamps in /var/log/secure Larry Sheldon (Feb 26)
- Re: Future timestamps in /var/log/secure Wade Peacock (Feb 26)
- Re: Future timestamps in /var/log/secure gordon b slater (Feb 26)
- Re: Future timestamps in /var/log/secure Larry Sheldon (Feb 26)
- RE: Future timestamps in /var/log/secure Joe (Feb 26)
- Re: Future timestamps in /var/log/secure gordon b slater (Feb 26)
- Re: Future timestamps in /var/log/secure Wade Peacock (Feb 26)
- Re: Future timestamps in /var/log/secure gordon b slater (Feb 26)
- Re: Future timestamps in /var/log/secure Valdis . Kletnieks (Feb 26)
- Re: Future timestamps in /var/log/secure William Pitcock (Feb 26)
- Re: Future timestamps in /var/log/secure gordon b slater (Feb 26)
- Re: Future timestamps in /var/log/secure Brielle Bruns (Feb 26)