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Re: ssh-host-config script sends /etc/passwd thru awk


On Feb 18 15:05, Andrey Repin wrote:
> Greetings, Corinna Vinschen!
> 
> > On Feb 17 16:22, Warren Young wrote:
> >> > On Feb 17, 2015, at 4:02 PM, Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin@cygwin.com> wrote:
> >> > 
> >> > On Feb 17 15:51, Warren Young wrote:
> >> >> It seems that the ssh-host-config script isnât using Corinnaâs new
> >> >> getent package yet.
> >> 
> >> > Both scripts are using geten or mkpasswd/mkgroup.
> >> 
> >> I was sure I looked into my local copies before answering that
> >> question.  Maybe I had old versions?
> >> 
> >> An /etc/passwd containing only an sshd user certainly does seem like a
> >> fresh install of 1.7.34, with the entry coming from ssh-*-config,
> >> though, rather than an upgrade from pre-.34.
> 
> > It's a bit confusing to talk about the Cygwin version when this is
> > only about openssh and the csih package.  I'm really busy with other
> > stuff right now.  I quickly scanned the ssh-*-config scripts again
> > and they never write a passwd entry so, if anything, it's a problem
> > in the csih helper script.  Does anybody want to inspect
> > /usr/share/csih/cygwin-service-installation-helper.sh for this?
> 
> I'm on it, and the only place, where awk is ever called so far in relation to
> these files is csih_use_file_etc
> 
> So far it seems the user need to upgrade or reinstall his openssh package.
> I'm off to try and set openssh on my newest VM, that have Cygwin first
> installed after 1.7.34 release.
> I'll be back.

Looking forward to it.


Thanks,
Corinna

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Corinna Vinschen                  Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to
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