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Why does the ssh log have control characters and looks different from the actual input?

79  admin December 14, 2018  Common Errors & Troubleshooting

Why does the ssh log have control characters and looks different from the actual input?

 The ssh logs with log type ’ input’, the ssh user logs would record the exact keyboard input including the ctrl characters.

For example, you would be using [tab] completion [ctrl-R] to search from bash history to run the commands. Commands run using auto-completion, tab completion or keyboard shortcuts would appear as the respective ’key pressed’

  • In order to view the exact command that was run, make to enable full ssh log recording under Settings->general->Security->ssh session loggin->Both

 

  • Once this full ssh session recording is enabled, you can now view the entire command by searching for the ssh logs under Users->SSH-logs->logtype->ALL.

        

 

The full ssh session log would have the entire input and the output of the command without the command shortcuts/or control characters.

 
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