BUG: ssh-host-config --yes fails with cygwin 1.7.33

[Florian Friesdorf <flo at chaoflow dot net>]

mintty is "run as administrator".


(cygroot=C:\cygwin-x86_64-testssh) Administrator@OWNEROR-FVEPU7T ~
$ uname -a
CYGWIN_NT-6.3 OWNEROR-FVEPU7T 1.7.33(0.279/5/3) 2014-10-27 22:23 x86_64 Cygwin


(cygroot=C:\cygwin-x86_64-testssh) Administrator@OWNEROR-FVEPU7T ~
$ ssh-host-config --yes

*** Warning: Running this script typically requires administrator privileges!
*** Warning: However, it seems your account does not have these privileges.
*** Warning: Here's the list of groups in your user token:

    None
    root
    Users

*** Warning: This usually means you're running this script from a non-admin
*** Warning: desktop session, or in a non-elevated shell under UAC control.

*** Warning: Make sure you have the appropriate privileges right now,
*** Warning: otherwise parts of this script will probably fail!

*** Query: Are you sure you want to continue?  (Say "no" if you're not sure
*** Query: you have the required privileges) (yes/no) yes

*** Info: Generating missing SSH host keys
*** Query: Overwrite existing /etc/ssh_config file? (yes/no) yes
*** 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: StrictModes is set to 'yes' by default.
*** Info: This is the recommended setting, but it requires that the POSIX
*** Info: permissions of the user's home directory, the user's .ssh
*** Info: directory, and the user's ssh key files are tight so that
*** Info: only the user has write permissions.
*** Info: On the other hand, StrictModes don't work well with default
*** Info: Windows permissions of a home directory mounted with the
*** Info: 'noacl' option, and they don't work at all if the home
*** Info: directory is on a FAT or FAT32 partition.
*** Query: Should StrictModes be used? (yes/no) yes

*** Info: Privilege separation is set to 'sandbox' by default since
*** Info: OpenSSH 6.1.  This is unsupported by Cygwin and has to be set
*** Info: to 'yes' or 'no'.
*** Info: However, using privilege separation requires a non-privileged account
*** Info: 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 and ACLS:
*** Warning:     drwxrwxrwt+ 1 Administrator None 0 Nov  4 19:07 /var/run
*** Warning:     # file: /var/run
*** Warning:     # owner: Administrator
*** Warning:     # group: None
*** Warning:     # flags: --t
*** Warning:     user::rwx
*** Warning:     group::rwx
*** Warning:     other:rwx
*** Warning:     default:user::rwx
*** Warning:     default:group::r-x
*** Warning:     default:other:r-x
*** Warning:
*** Warning: Please change the user and/or group ownership,
*** Warning: permissions, or ACLs of /var/run.

*** ERROR: Problem with /var/run directory. Exiting.


With cygwin 1.7.32 the script works.

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