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sshd 3.4p1-2 privsep question


When executing "net start sshd" in privilege separation mode, I saw this in
/var/log/sshd.log: "Bad owner or mode for /var/empty". Sshd works OK in
non-privsep mode.

This is how I set up sshd:
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
$ ssh-host-config
Overwrite existing /etc/ssh_config file? (yes/no) yes
Generating /etc/ssh_config file
Overwrite existing /etc/sshd_config file? (yes/no) yes
Privilege separation is set to yes by default since OpenSSH 3.3.
However, this requires a non-privileged account called 'sshd'.
For more info on privilege separation read /usr/doc/openssh/README.privsep.

Shall privilege separation be used? (yes/no) yes
Generating /etc/sshd_config file

Do you want to install sshd as service?
(Say "no" if it's already installed as service) (yes/no) no

Host configuration finished. Have fun!
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

ls -l /var seems to indicate the ownership is correct:

drwxrwxrwx    2 SYSTEM   SYSTEM          0 Jul 10 12:50 empty/

I have CYGWIN variable defined to "binmode ntsec tty", but it seems of no
use.

I am puzzled. Any suggestions?

Best regards,

Wu Yongwei


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