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Re: problem installing cygwin+sshd
* Michael (Sun, 18 Feb 2007 17:49:38 +0100)
> Thorston:
> > Please refrain from sending me private mail...
> Sorry, I didn't want to offend you! - when answering, I deleted the
> To: value by mistake and reenterd obviously the wrong address ...
You didn't offend me - you just sent your email to an unappropriate
address...
> > > /var/empty must be owned by root and not group or world-writable.
> > > --cut--
> > > $ ssh localhost
> > > ssh: connect to host localhost port 22: Connection refused
> > > --cut--
> > >
> > > > and "strace /usr/sbin/sshd -D"
> > >
> > > see attached file.
> > >
> > > where do I have to look at in the trace-file?
> >
> > Nowhere. "/var/empty must be owned by root and not group or world-
> > writable" - that's pretty clear, isn't it?!
>
> I've already recognized this message, but as I wanted to chown to
> root, I was told that there's no "root"-user in the system...
>
> Now I "chown"ed to myself:root and now it works -> sshd is up for one
> connection ("ssh localhost") and ends when closing the connection.
>
> Afterwards I "chown"ed /var/empty/ to SYSTEM:root and again tried to
> start sshd as a service, but same error-message as before -> did I
> come closer to the solution, now I know, that sshd works from
> commandline?
It says "and not group or world-writable" - that's pretty clear, isn't
it?!
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