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From: "Max Bowsher" <maxb AT ukf DOT net>
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Subject: Re: SSHD/
Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2003 17:04:07 -0000
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Marco DOT Rottigni AT stonesoft DOT com wrote:
> $ ssh-host-config -y
> chmod: changing permissions of `/var/empty': Permission denied

Worth investigating this.

> Privilege separation is set to yes by default since OpenSSH 3.3.
> However, this requires a non-privileged account called 'sshd'.

Does such an account exist? (In Windows and in /etc/passwd).



Max.


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