>From: "Max Bowsher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: 05/02/2003 18.04.07 >Subject: Re: SSHD/ > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> $ ssh-host-config -y >> chmod: changing permissions of `/var/empty': Permission denied > >Worth investigating this. $ ls -l /var total 0 drwxr-xr-x+ 2 SYSTEM SYSTEM 0 Feb 4 17:02 empty
Permissions are already OK. > >> Privilege separation is set to yes by default since OpenSSH 3.3. >> However, this requires a non-privileged account called 'sshd'. > >Does such an account exist? (In Windows and in /etc/passwd). marco@hki-mar-2000 ~ $ less /etc/passwd|grep sshd sshd:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:1004:513:sshd privsep,U-HKI-MAR-2000\sshd,S-1-5-21-1614895754-507921405-839522115-1004:/var/empty:/bin/false User sshd exists also in Control Panel - Users and Passwords and has been installed by the CygWin script as a Restricted User (Win2000 definition is "Users can operate the computer and save documents, but cannot install programs or make potentially damaging changes to the system files and settings") > > > >Max. > -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
