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Re: SSH Setup Issue
Thank you, It did create a new user 'sshd_server'. All is good now.
Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote:
>
> Syphon wrote:
>> Had the issue before I did all of the above, I know all this is already
>> performed by ssh-host-config, So does this mean ssh-host-config is not
>> working properly ?
>
> For you, perhaps.
>
>> Took a look at '/var/log/sshd.log'.
>>
>> '/var/empty must be owned by root and not group or world-writable.'
>>
>> So, 'chown SYSTEM empty'
>
> SYSTEM does not have the proper permissions on Vista for 'sshd' to
> run properly. If 'ssh-host-config' did it's job correctly, it set
> up a new user for this. Look for 'sshd_server'. If you have this,
> then that's the user you want to use above and in all places where
> you used 'SYSTEM'.
>
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