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Re: SSHD/

From: "Max Bowsher" <maxb at ukf dot net>
To: <cygwin at cygwin dot com>,<Marco dot Rottigni at stonesoft dot com>
Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2003 17:04:07 -0000
Subject: Re: SSHD/
References: <OF7482380E.882DC550-ONC1256CC4.00322F4E-C1256CC4.003AFED9@stonesoft.com>

Marco.Rottigni@stonesoft.com wrote:
> $ ssh-host-config -y
> chmod: changing permissions of `/var/empty': Permission denied

Worth investigating this.

> 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).



Max.


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