Re: problem installing cygwin+sshd

[Thorsten Kampe <thorsten at thorstenkampe dot de>]

Please refrain from sending me private mail...

> Thorsten
> > Michael
> > > [cannot start sshd as a service]
> > > any ideas - what did I do wrong?
> >
> > Check the permissions from /var/log - sshd /has/ to log there. As a last
> > chance I would try to run sshd manually: "sshd -D -ddd"
> 
> --cut--
> $ /usr/sbin/sshd -D -ddd
> debug2: load_server_config: filename /etc/sshd_config
> debug2: load_server_config: done config len = 196
> debug2: parse_server_config: config /etc/sshd_config len 196
> debug3: /etc/sshd_config:13 setting Port 22
> debug3: /etc/sshd_config:38 setting StrictModes no
> debug3: /etc/sshd_config:92 setting UsePrivilegeSeparation yes
> debug3: /etc/sshd_config:106 setting Subsystem sftp     /usr/sbin/sftp-
> server
> debug1: sshd version OpenSSH_4.5p1
> debug1: private host key: #0 type 0 RSA1
> debug3: Not a RSA1 key file /etc/ssh_host_rsa_key.
> debug1: read PEM private key done: type RSA
> debug1: private host key: #1 type 1 RSA
> debug3: Not a RSA1 key file /etc/ssh_host_dsa_key.
> debug1: read PEM private key done: type DSA
> debug1: private host key: #2 type 2 DSA
> /var/empty must be owned by root and not group or world-writable.
> --cut--
> $ ssh localhost
> ssh: connect to host localhost port 22: Connection refused
> --cut--
> 
> > and "strace  /usr/sbin/sshd -D"
> 
> see attached file.
> 
> where do I have to look at in the trace-file?

Nowhere. "/var/empty must be owned by root and not group or world-
writable" - that's pretty clear, isn't it?!

T.


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