Mail Archives: cygwin/2008/10/07/15:52:34
The scope of this post is have an OpenSSH server running on top of
Windows XP Professional without dependency errors or permission issues
during the setup.
On 2008-06-28 a system was installed from scratch with the following specs:
Windows XP Professional SP2
setup.exe 2.573.2.2
OpenSSH 4.7p1-2 and the associated dependencies
Today when trying to build a similar system,
Windows XP Professional SP3
setup.exe 2.573.2.3
OpenSSH 5.1p1-3 and the associated dependencies
two problems are encountered:
1. An error is received in regard to diffutils not being installed when
running ssh-host-config:
*** ERROR: Could not find or execute required program cmp.
*** ERROR: Please install diffutils
2. Various permission errors arise while running ssh-host-config:
*** Warning: The file /etc/passwd is not readable by all.
*** Warning: Please run 'chmod +r /etc/passwd'.
*** Warning: The file /etc/group is not readable by all.
*** Warning: Please run 'chmod +r /etc/group'.
*** ERROR: Problem with LocalSystem or Adminstrator IDs
and separately after rerunning ssh-host-config:
*** Warning: The permissions on the directory /var are not correct.
*** Warning: They must match the regexp d..x..x..[xt]
*** ERROR: Problem with /var directory. Exiting.
Four questions:
1. Should diffutils automatically be installed as a dependency of
openssh so that this error doesn't come up in regard to it not being
installed while running ssh-host-config?
2. Should these permissions be different on a default cygwin install so
that openssh can be installed and ssh-host-config can be executed
without permission errors?
3. Is it safe to make the necessary permission changes to the various
files and directores (/etc/passwd, /etc/group, and /var) that openssh is
requesting changes to in order to "force" it to work?
4. If indeed these issues are due to a bug, are there appropriate places
to file necessary bug reports in order to keep track of if/when they
will be resolved?
Thanks for your time and consideration of these issues that have been
noticed.
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Reproduce steps:
1. Download setup.exe version 2.573.2.3 and place into "C:\cygwin-install\".
2. Go through the setup wizard with defaults except:
2.a Select a mirror.
2.b Click once on the "Net/openssh" package (at the time of this post it
indicates it will install version 5.1p1-3 and the associated dependencies).
3. Execute "C:\cygwin\Cygwin.bat".
4. Within the newly launched shell, execute "ssh-host-config".
The following is returned:
######################
$ ssh-host-config
*** Info: Generating /etc/ssh_host_key
*** Info: Generating /etc/ssh_host_rsa_key
*** Info: Generating /etc/ssh_host_dsa_key
*** ERROR: Could not find or execute required program cmp.
*** ERROR: Please install diffutils
######################
5. Close the shell and launch "C:\cygwin-install\setup.exe".
6. Go through the setup wizard with defaults except:
6.a Click once on the "Utils/diffutils" package (at the time of this
post it indicates it will install version 2.8.7-1 and the associated
dependencies).
7. Execute "C:\cygwin\Cygwin.bat".
8. Within the newly launched shell, execute "ssh-host-config".
9. Answer "yes" to the "Should privilege separation be used? (yes/no)"
query.
The following is returned:
######################
*** Warning: The file /etc/passwd is not readable by all.
*** Warning: Please run 'chmod +r /etc/passwd'.
*** Warning: The file /etc/group is not readable by all.
*** Warning: Please run 'chmod +r /etc/group'.
*** ERROR: Problem with LocalSystem or Adminstrator IDs
######################
10. Within the shell, exectue "chmod +r /etc/passwd".
11. Within the shell, exectue "chmod +r /etc/group".
12. Within the shell, execute "ssh-host-config".
13. Answer "yes" to the "Overwrite existing /etc/ssh_config file?
(yes/no)" query.
14. Answer "yes" to the "Overwrite existing /etc/sshd_config file?
(yes/no)" query.
15. Answer "yes" to the "Should privilege separation be used? (yes/no)"
query.
The following is returned:
######################
*** Warning: The permissions on the directory /var are not correct.
*** Warning: They must match the regexp d..x..x..[xt]
*** ERROR: Problem with /var directory. Exiting.
######################
16. Within the shell, execute "ls -ld /var"
The following is returned:
######################
drwxrwx---+ 8 ladmin Users 0 Oct 7 11:38 /var
######################
17. Within the shell, execute "chmod o+x /var"
18. Within the shell, execute "ssh-host-config".
19. Answer "yes" to the "Overwrite existing /etc/ssh_config file?
(yes/no)" query.
20. Answer "yes" to the "Overwrite existing /etc/sshd_config file?
(yes/no)" query.
21. Answer "yes" to the "Should privilege separation be used? (yes/no)"
query.
22. Answer "yes" to the "new local account 'sshd'? (yes/no)" query.
23. Answer "yes" to the "Do you want to install sshd as a service? (Say
"no" if it is already installed as a service) (yes/no)" query.
24. Press the "Enter" key in regard to the "Enter the value of CYGWIN
for the daemon: [ntsec]" query.
25. Within the shell, execute "cygrunsrv -S sshd"
26. Completing the setup via "ssh-user-config" etc...
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