Bug 1091 - autossh: sends messages to syslog
Summary: autossh: sends messages to syslog
Status: ASSIGNED
Alias: None
Product: Sisyphus
Classification: Development
Component: autossh (show other bugs)
Version: unstable
Hardware: all Linux
: P4 minor
Assignee: Vladimir D. Seleznev
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Reported: 2002-07-14 12:35 MSD by imz
Modified: 2010-10-09 19:36 MSD (History)
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Description imz 2002-07-14 12:35:44 MSD 
IMHO when autossh is invoked by a normal user, it should keep its messages private. Now it sends them to syslog, and so the administrator may track the users\' activity (this shouldn\'t be so by default), but the user himself cannot! (How can he read the syslog?)


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(Probably this is a stuipid way to use autossh, but it shows the bug.)

$ autossh -M20000 -f -N altair-t; sleep 1; sudo tail -2 /var/log/messages
Jul 14 12:10:35 arrakis autossh[18818]: starting ssh (count 1)
Jul 14 12:10:37 arrakis autossh[18818]: ssh exited prematurely with status 0; autossh exiting

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autossh-1.2a-alt1
Comment 1 Dmitry V. Levin 2002-07-15 17:36:58 MSD 
AWAIU, autossh is designed for non-interactive use...
Comment 2 Dmitry V. Levin 2002-07-15 17:36:58 MSD 
AWAIU, autossh is designed for non-interactive use...
Comment 3 imz 2002-07-16 00:06:31 MSD 
I think, that is not the reason to log something to the syslog which the user himself is unable to read, but the administrator is able to. I don\'t want ALT Linux system to be a totalitarian system by default.
Comment 4 imz 2002-07-16 00:06:31 MSD 
I think, that is not the reason to log something to the syslog which the user himself is unable to read, but the administrator is able to. I don\'t want ALT Linux system to be a totalitarian system by default.
Comment 5 Vitaly Lipatov 2006-02-12 19:13:28 MSK 
Ситуация всё так же? 
Быть может тому, кто не хочет записи в системный лог о действиях 
неинтерактивной программы, достаточно указать в переменной 
AUTOSSH_LOGFILE куда писать лог?
Comment 6 Dmitry V. Levin 2006-02-12 19:17:57 MSK 
Ситуация та же, надо спросить upstream, да всё не досуг.
Comment 7 Michael Shigorin 2010-10-09 19:36:07 MSD 
(In reply to comment #4)
> I don't want ALT Linux system to be a totalitarian system by default.
Just wait for ART Linux. :}