How to log connections made via SSH using port forwarding and X11 forwarding

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Issue

  • Our customer request to change "AllowTcpForwarding" to "yes" for port-forward, but we need to record logs.
  • We need to enable "AllowTcpForwarding" and "X11Forwarding", but also log the authenticated user for audit purposes.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3+
  • openssh-server
  • audit

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