CSIH file permission tests on non-NTFS broken (was Re: ssh-host-config script fails)

[Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin at cygwin dot com>]

Hi Chuck,

On Jul 23 18:34, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> On Jul 23 11:25, Matt Kemmerer wrote:
> > Administrator@ics-dp35xppro ~
> > $ ssh-host-config
> > *** 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: Privilege separation is set to yes by default since OpenSSH
> > 3.3.
> > *** Info: However, this requires a non-privileged account 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:
> > *** Warning: drwxr-xr-x 2 Administrator None 0 Jul 23 10:21 /var/run
> > *** Warning: Please change the user and/or group ownership and
> > *** Warning: permissions of /var/run.
> > *** ERROR: Problem with /var/run directory. Exiting.
> > 
> > I've tried changing the permissions on /var/run but the commands chgrp
> > and chmod both produce no error but do not change the permissions
> > either.
> 
> Eeek!  You're using FAT32 on a NT based OS?  This isn't such a good
> idea, actually.  There's no security and no permission settings on FAT.
> The csih script seems to miss the fact that the directory is on a
> non-NTFS drive which isn't capable of setting permissions.  Given that
> you're installing ssh, which is a paranoid secure playing package,
> that's actually a good idea.  Ever thought of running convert.exe on
> your drive? ;) 
> 
> Nevertheless that should be changed in csih.

Could you have a look into this, please?


Thanks,
Corinna

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