X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.2 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,J_CHICKENPOX_27,SPF_HELO_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <4ABA8E5D.1080100@cygwin.com> Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2009 17:08:45 -0400 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.21) Gecko/20090320 Remi/2.0.0.21-1.fc8.remi Lightning/0.9 Thunderbird/2.0.0.21 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: sftp on a Windows 2003 server References: <1253654636.345.ezmlm@cygwin.com> <583331.35165.qm@web33505.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <4AB96384.3080802@gmail.com> <361230.45413.qm@web33508.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <4ABA3EB8.40505@cygwin.com> <59370.4900.qm@web33501.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <4ABA5A09.4020400@cygwin.com> <143229.30134.qm@web33507.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <4ABA6F68.7050301@cygwin.com> <408909.13887.qm@web33503.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <4ABA7B65.2030207@cygwin.com> <411082.71951.qm@web33504.mail.mud.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <411082.71951.qm@web33504.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com Again, . 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... -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple