diff -up openssh-5.1p1/sshd.c.log-chroot openssh-5.1p1/sshd.c

--- openssh-5.1p1/sshd.c.log-chroot	2008-07-23 15:18:52.000000000 +0200

+++ openssh-5.1p1/sshd.c	2008-07-23 15:18:52.000000000 +0200

@@ -591,6 +591,10 @@ privsep_preauth_child(void)

 	/* Demote the private keys to public keys. */

 	demote_sensitive_data();

+	/* Open the syslog permanently so the chrooted process still

+	   can write to syslog. */

+	open_log();

+	

 	/* Change our root directory */

 	if (chroot(_PATH_PRIVSEP_CHROOT_DIR) == -1)

 		fatal("chroot(\"%s\"): %s", _PATH_PRIVSEP_CHROOT_DIR,

diff -up openssh-5.1p1/log.c.log-chroot openssh-5.1p1/log.c

--- openssh-5.1p1/log.c.log-chroot	2008-06-10 15:01:51.000000000 +0200

+++ openssh-5.1p1/log.c	2008-07-23 15:18:52.000000000 +0200

@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ static LogLevel log_level = SYSLOG_LEVEL

 static int log_on_stderr = 1;

 static int log_facility = LOG_AUTH;

 static char *argv0;

+static int log_fd_keep;

 extern char *__progname;

@@ -392,10 +393,21 @@ do_log(LogLevel level, const char *fmt, 

 		syslog_r(pri, &sdata, "%.500s", fmtbuf);

 		closelog_r(&sdata);

 #else

+	    if (!log_fd_keep) {

 		openlog(argv0 ? argv0 : __progname, LOG_PID, log_facility);

+	    }

 		syslog(pri, "%.500s", fmtbuf);

+	    if (!log_fd_keep) {

 		closelog();

+	    }

 #endif

 	}

 	errno = saved_errno;

 }

+

+void

+open_log(void)

+{

+	openlog(argv0 ? argv0 : __progname, LOG_PID|LOG_NDELAY, log_facility);

+	log_fd_keep = 1;

+}

diff -up openssh-5.1p1/log.h.log-chroot openssh-5.1p1/log.h

--- openssh-5.1p1/log.h.log-chroot	2008-06-13 02:22:54.000000000 +0200

+++ openssh-5.1p1/log.h	2008-07-23 15:20:11.000000000 +0200

@@ -66,4 +66,6 @@ void     debug3(const char *, ...) __att

 void	 do_log(LogLevel, const char *, va_list);

 void	 cleanup_exit(int) __attribute__((noreturn));

+

+void     open_log(void);

 #endif