SSH Reference Manual
Event 
Id  
Event Name  Conditions  Pattern  Token Values 
1 
Authenticatio
nEvent 
Authentication 
successful, 
method not 
publickey and not 
gssapi-with-mic 
"%sessionId: %user@%remoteAddress 
%action %outcome (method %method): 
%reason. System user: %systemUser" 
%sessionId: SESSION-LOG-ID 
%user: SSH username 
%remoteAddress: remote IP 
address 
%action: ‘authentication’ 
%outcome: ‘granted’ 
%method: authentication method 
%reason: reason 
Authentication 
successful, 
method publickey 
or gssapi-with-
mic 
"%sessionId: %user@%remoteAddress 
%action %outcome (method %method, 
%publickeyOrPrincipal): %reason. System 
user: %systemUser" 
%sessionId: SESSION-LOG-ID 
%user: SSH username 
%remoteAddress: remote IP 
address 
%action: ‘authentication’ 
%outcome: ‘denied’ or ‘failed’ 
%method: authentication method 
% publickeyOrPrincipal: name of 
publickey or principal name 
%reason: reason 
2 
Authenticatio
nEvent 
Authentication 
failed, 
Method not 
publickey and not 
gssapi-with-mic 
"%sessionId: %user@%remoteAddress 
%action %outcome (method %method): 
%reason." 
%sessionId: SESSION-LOG-ID 
%user: SSH username 
%remoteAddress: remote IP 
address 
%action: ‘authentication’ 
%outcome: ‘granted’ 
%method: authentication method 
%reason: reason 
Authentication 
failed, 
Method 
publickey or gssi-
with-mic 
"%sessionId: %user@%remoteAddress 
%action %outcome (method %method, 
%publickeyOrPrincipal): %reason." 
%sessionId: SESSION-LOG-ID 
%user: SSH username 
%remoteAddress: remote IP 
address 
%action: ‘authentication’ 
%outcome: ‘denied’ or ‘failed’ 
%method: authentication method 
% publickeyOrPrincipal: name of 
publickey or principal 
%reason: reason 
3 
TerminateSe
ssionEvent 
"%sessionId: %user@%remoteAddress 
terminate session" 
%sessionId: SESSION-LOG-ID 
%user: SSH username 
%remoteAddress: remote IP 
address 
4 
SubsystemEv
ent 
Successful 
"%sessionId: %user@%remoteAddress 
%action %object %outcome" 
%sessionId: SESSION-LOG-ID 
%user: SSH username 
%remoteAddress: remote IP 
address 
%action: ‘subsystem’ 
%object: name of subsystem 
%outcome: ‘granted’ 
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