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OpenSSH - Windows
OpenBSD ProjectWindows Server OpenSSH feature
Event Viewer > Applications and Services Logs > OpenSSH > OperationalOpenSSH
4 log locations · Windows, macOS, Linux
- No log file of its own. It writes to the OS syslog.
Where OpenSSH keeps its logs
OpenSSH logs to Event Viewer > Applications and Services Logs > OpenSSH > Operational on Windows.
OpenSSH logs to Unified log: Console app filtered by sshd on macOS.
OpenSSH logs to /var/log/auth.log on Linux. 1 other Linux log location is recorded below.
Paths are printed exactly as OpenSSH writes them. Environment variables like %LOCALAPPDATA% and $XDG_STATE_HOME are never expanded, so a path can be pasted straight into a shell. Where a path differs between installer types or shipping flavours, each one is racked as its own card below - why that happens.