Steve Kelem wrote: > The instructions for sshd (/usr/share/doc/openssh/README.privsep)
The first instructions you should read are those in /usr/share/doc/Cygwin/openssh.README; if you follow those you use ssh-host-config and ssh-user-config which take care of setting everything else so you don't have to ask what is below. > include the following: > > You should do something like the following to prepare the privsep > preauth environment: > > # mkdir /var/empty > # chown root:sys /var/empty > # chmod 755 /var/empty > # groupadd sshd > # useradd -g sshd -c 'sshd privsep' -d /var/empty -s /bin/false sshd > > I used XP's Manage/User Accounts to add a group called sshd. > When I tried to create a user "sshd", it complained, saying that the > group already exists. > > 1. Which package has "useradd" and "groupadd"? None. > 2. Is it possible to create sshd:sshd? No, Windows doesn't allow a group name that is equal to a user name. But to make things clear, you don't need to do any of the above if you use the provided script. -- René Berber -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
