-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Corinna Vinschen Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 12:35 PM To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: ssh-host-config script fails
On Jul 23 11:25, Matt Kemmerer wrote: >> I've recently installed cygwin on a Windows XP box. I followed the same >> procedure I have in the past but this time I received a number of >> errors. Here's what I did: >> >> * Downloaded setup.exe from cygwin.com >> * Installed from the internet and selected emacs and OpenSSH to be >> installed >> * Started up a shell and typed ssh-host-config >> In the past I was nearly done at this point but this time I received the >> following error: >> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ >> >> $ ssh-host-config >> >> /usr/bin/ssh-host-config: line 23: >> /usr/share/csih/cygwin-service-installation-helper.sh: No such file or >> directory > >Uh, yes, I missed to add the csih dependency to setup.hint. I just >did that on cygwin.com, should be at the mirrors shortly. > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ >> $ ssh-host-config >> *** Info: Creating default /etc/ssh_config file >> *** Query: Overwrite existing /etc/sshd_config file? (yes/no) yes >> *** Info: Creating default /etc/sshd_config file >> *** Info: Privilege separation is set to yes by default since OpenSSH >> 3.3. >> *** Info: However, this requires a non-privileged account called 'sshd'. >> *** Info: For more info on privilege separation read >> /usr/share/doc/openssh/README.privsep. >> *** Query: Should privilege separation be used? (yes/no) yes >> *** Warning: The owner and the Administrators need >> *** Warning: to have .w. permission to /var/run. >> *** Warning: Here are the current permissions: >> *** Warning: drwxr-xr-x 2 Administrator None 0 Jul 23 10:21 /var/run >> *** Warning: Please change the user and/or group ownership and >> *** Warning: permissions of /var/run. >> *** ERROR: Problem with /var/run directory. Exiting. >> >> I've tried changing the permissions on /var/run but the commands chgrp >> and chmod both produce no error but do not change the permissions >> either. > >Eeek! You're using FAT32 on a NT based OS? This isn't such a good >idea, actually. There's no security and no permission settings on FAT. >The csih script seems to miss the fact that the directory is on a >non-NTFS drive which isn't capable of setting permissions. Given that >you're installing ssh, which is a paranoid secure playing package, >that's actually a good idea. Ever thought of running convert.exe on >your drive? ;) >Nevertheless that should be changed in csih. What version of csih should I look for with the fix? All the versions I see on the mirror were modified on 7/19. Also using FAT32 isn't really a choice. Someday I hope to leave it behind but I'll have to make do in the meantime :) -- 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/
