diff --git a/gvafile/fileservertasks/tasks.py b/gvafile/fileservertasks/tasks.py
index fecba37..3bbbbc4 100644
--- a/gvafile/fileservertasks/tasks.py
+++ b/gvafile/fileservertasks/tasks.py
@@ -336,6 +336,8 @@ def set_file_ssh_authorized_keys(username, ssh_keys):
                 stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
             subprocess.check_output([
                 SUDO_CMD, RM_CMD, filename], stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
+            _LOGGER.info(
+                'set %d authorized_keys for user %s', len(ssh_keys), username)
         except subprocess.CalledProcessError as cpe:
             log_and_raise(
                 cpe, 'could not write authorized_keys file for user %s',
@@ -346,6 +348,8 @@ def set_file_ssh_authorized_keys(username, ssh_keys):
                 SUDO_CMD, RM_CMD, '-rf',
                 os.path.dirname(ssh_authorized_keys_file)],
                 stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
+            _LOGGER.info(
+                'deleted authorized_keys of user %s', username)
         except subprocess.CalledProcessError as cpe:
             log_and_raise(
                 cpe, 'could not remove the authorized_keys file of user %s',