Sshd logs

sshd secure shell daemon.

Logs: journalctl -u ssh

Authentication related messages:

error: maximum authentication attempts exceeded for root from 10.10.10.110 port 40314 ssh2 [preauth]

Failed password for invalid user USER_NAME from 91.191.76.22 port 43522 ssh2

Dec 01 07:01:05 SERVER sshd[15647]: PAM service(sshd) ignoring max retries; 5 > 3 sshd[15647]: PAM service(sshd) ignoring max retries; 5 > 3

See: MaxAuthTries in sshd_config

See also

• OpenSSH (changelog): /etc/ssh/sshd_config | /etc/ssh/ssh_config | ~/.ssh/ | openSSL | sshd logs | sftp | scp | authorized_keys | ssh-keygen | ssh-keyscan | ssh-add | ssh-agent | ssh | Ssh -O stop | ssh-copy-id | CheckHostIP | UseKeychain, OpenSSF
• /var/log/auth.log
• systemd-journald: journalctl, /etc/systemd/journald.conf, journalctl logs, journalctl --list-boots, journalctl --disk-usage, journalctl -u kubelet, journalctl -u prometheus, journalctl --help