--- openssh-3.9p1/log.h.log-chroot	2006-02-22 10:54:04.000000000 +0100
+++ openssh-3.9p1/log.h	2006-02-22 10:53:29.000000000 +0100
@@ -63,4 +63,6 @@
 
 void	 do_log(LogLevel, const char *, va_list);
 void	 cleanup_exit(int) __dead;
+
+void     open_log(void);
 #endif
--- openssh-3.9p1/log.c.log-chroot	2006-02-22 13:29:48.000000000 +0100
+++ openssh-3.9p1/log.c	2006-02-22 10:56:01.000000000 +0100
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
 static int log_on_stderr = 1;
 static int log_facility = LOG_AUTH;
 static char *argv0;
+static int log_fd_keep;
 
 extern char *__progname;
 
@@ -330,9 +331,20 @@
 		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
 	}
 }
+
+void
+open_log(void)
+{
+	openlog(argv0 ? argv0 : __progname, LOG_PID|LOG_NDELAY, log_facility);
+	log_fd_keep = 1;
+}
--- openssh-3.9p1/sshd.c.log-chroot	2006-01-11 13:42:32.000000000 +0100
+++ openssh-3.9p1/sshd.c	2006-02-22 18:58:24.000000000 +0100
@@ -565,6 +565,10 @@
 	memset(pw->pw_passwd, 0, strlen(pw->pw_passwd));
 	endpwent();
 
+	/* 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,