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Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2009 17:08:45 -0400
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Again, <http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PCYMTNQREAIYR>.

On 09/23/2009 04:47 PM, Dave M wrote:
> Here is what happened when I tried to run the script:
> $ ssh-host-config
> *** Query: Overwrite existing /etc/ssh_config file? (yes/no) yes
> *** Info: Creating default /etc/ssh_config file
> *** Query: Overwrite existing /etc/sshd_config file? (yes/no) yes
> *** Info: Creating default /etc/sshd_config file
> *** Info: Privilege separation is set to yes by default since OpenSSH 3.3.
> *** Info: However, this requires a non-privileged account called 'sshd'.
> *** Info: For more info on privilege separation read /usr/share/doc/openssh/READ
> ME.privsep.
> *** Query: Should privilege separation be used? (yes/no) yes
> *** 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.

So it looks like you didn't remove your previous Cygwin installation...

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