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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:
> 
> Administrator@ics-dp35xppro ~
> 
> $ 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.

> Administrator@ics-dp35xppro ~
> $ 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.


Corinna

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