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Date:	Thu, 27 Jun 2002 13:28:10 -0400 (EDT)
From:	Chris Metcalf <metcalf AT incert DOT com>
To:	cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject:	Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Re: Updated: OpenSSH-3.4p1-1
In-Reply-To:	<20020627163858.AE8BD1B5E3@redhat.com>
Message-ID:	<Pine.LNX.4.44.0206271325040.5437-100000@rd.incert.com>
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On Thu, 27 Jun 2002, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> The Cygwin version modifies that test so that if /var/empty resides
> on a FAT or FAT32 filesystem, or if ntsec is not activated, the
> ownership isn't tested at all.  If /var/empty is on a NTFS filesystem
> and ntsec is switched on, the ownership is checked against the user
> running sshd.

Thanks.  This was indeed the problem (I'm running ntfs, ntsec).

I saw your note about one small change and it didn't occur to that it was
exactly the one thing that I went into the "official" sources in search of!

Some words to this effect should go into /usr/doc/openssh/README.privsep
as well, since it still talks about a "chown root:sys /var/empty" being
required.

                Chris Metcalf -- InCert Software -- 1 (617) 621 8080
                metcalf AT incert DOT com -- http://www.incert.com/~metcalf


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