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Re: error installing sshd on win2k3


On Thu, 8 Jul 2004, philip james wrote:

> Philip James <philip <at> rephil.com> writes:
>
> > I am wondering if i can get some help. I am installing sshd on win2k3.
> >
> > this is the error i am getting.
> >
> > Please enter a password for new user 'sshd_server'.  Please be sure that
> > this password matches the password rules given on your system.
> > Entering no password will exit the configuration.  PASSWORD=1lovev1ctor1a
> > Creating the user 'sshd_server' failed!  Reason:
> > /usr/bin/ssh-host-config: line 482: net: command not found
> >
> > Please enter a password for new user 'sshd_server'.  Please be sure that
> > this password matches the password rules given on your system.
> > Entering no password will exit the configuration.  PASSWORD=
> >
> > Exiting configuration.  No user sshd_server has been created,
> > no sshd service installed.
> >
> > please help!
>
> This is the complete command I am running.
>
> Administrator@ibm-server ~
> $ ssh-config-host -y
> bash: ssh-config-host: command not found
>
> Administrator@ibm-server ~
> $ ssh-host-config -y
> 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/share/doc/openssh/README.privsep
> .
>
> Should privilege separation be used? (yes/no) yes
> Generating /etc/sshd_config file
>
> Warning: The following functions require administrator privileges!
>
> Do you want to install sshd as service?
> (Say "no" if it's already installed as service) (yes/no) yes
>
> You appear to be running Windows 2003 Server or later.  On 2003 and
> later systems, it's not possible to use the LocalSystem account
> if sshd should allow passwordless logon (e. g. public key authentication).
> If you want to enable that functionality, it's required to create a new
> account 'sshd_server' with special privileges, which is then used to run
> the sshd service under.
>
> Should this script create a new local account 'sshd_server' which has
> the required privileges? (yes/no) yes
>
> Please enter a password for new user 'sshd_server'.  Please be sure that
> this password matches the password rules given on your system.
> Entering no password will exit the configuration.  PASSWORD=1lovev1ctor1a
> Creating the user 'sshd_server' failed!  Reason:
> /usr/bin/ssh-host-config: line 482: net: command not found
>
> Please enter a password for new user 'sshd_server'.  Please be sure that
> this password matches the password rules given on your system.
> Entering no password will exit the configuration.  PASSWORD=
>
> Exiting configuration.  No user sshd_server has been created,
> no sshd service installed.

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