Problem Running ssh-host-config

[Larry Hall (Cygwin)]

Kai Ponte wrote:
> I am just setting up ssh on my wife's Win2K computer.
> 
> I've installed cygwin and am in the process of running ssh-host-config.
> 
> Here's what I get:
> 
> lilly@lilly /var/run
> $ ssh-host-config -y
> *** Query: Overwrite existing /etc/ssh_config file? (
> *** Info: Creating default /etc/ssh_config file
> *** Query: Overwrite existing /etc/sshd_config file?
> *** Info: Creating default /etc/sshd_config file
> *** Info: Privilege separation is set to yes by defau
> *** Info: However, this requires a non-privileged acc
> *** Info: For more info on privilege separation read
> ME.privsep.
> *** Query: Should privilege separation be used? (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 lilly None 0 Oct 12 21:41 /
> *** Warning: Please change the user and/or group owne
> *** Warning: permissions of /var/run.
> *** ERROR: Problem with /var/run directory. Exiting.
> 
> 
> I searched and could onnly find this: 
> http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2008-07/msg00520.html
> 
> ...which led me to this list.
> 
> I tried to set permissions and to chown the file there, but to no avail.
> 
> lilly@lilly /var/run
> $ chown lilly utmp
> 
> 
> Ideas? 
> 
> The drive is - because it dual-boots with openSUSE - FAT32.

Sounds like your csih package isn't current.  Try updating it.

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