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Date:	Wed, 25 Aug 2004 21:23:25 -0400
To:	Colin JN Breame <colin AT breame DOT com>, cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
From:	Larry Hall <lh-no-personal-replies-please AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject:	Re: sshd privilege separation problem
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At 04:47 PM 8/25/2004, you wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I've been running sshd and it recently stopped working.  I'm not sure whether I did anything to it, but I've managed to track down the problem.
>
>If I use privilege separation (ssh-host-config), as soon as I type the password in, the message "Connection to localhost closed." is displayed.  However, if I don't use privilege separation, everything works as it should.  I've tried syncing the groups and passwd files with no success.
>
>This one is puzzling me; any ideas?



Sure.  Read the list. ;-)

<http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2004-08/msg00625.html>

is the best thread on the subject, though there are others.



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