Problems starting SSHD

[Jeff Silverman]

Dr. Pechtchanski:

We solved our little problem with sshd failing to start, thanks to your 
clues.

First, /var/empty must be owned by SYSTEM. Second, /etc/ssh_host_key 
must be owned by SYSTEM or else protected 644. Protecting it 644 is a 
bad idea because it compromises security.

On the Windows/2K machine, which worked the first try, *all* of the 
files /etc/ssh* are owned by SYSTEM:None and /var/empty and 
/var/log/sshd.log are owned by SYSTEM:root



Thank you for your assistance.


Jeff




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