How to check sshd log?

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Published on 2010-04-08T10:22:10Z Indexed on 2010/04/08 10:23 UTC
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Hello.

I have Ubuntu 9.10 installed with sshd and i can successfully connect to it using login and password. I have configured an RSA key login and now have "Server refused our key" as expected. Ok, now i want to check sshd log in order to fingure out a problem. I have examined /etc/ssh/sshd_config and it have

SyslogFacility AUTH
LogLevel INFO

Ok. I'm looking at /var/log/auth.log and... it's empty O_O. Changing Loglevel to VERBOSE helps nothing - auth.log is still empty. Any hints how i can check sshd log?

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