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Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2004 23:59:44 +0200
From: Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: upgrading openssh 3.8.1p1-1 -> 3.9p1-1 breaks privilege separation
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On Aug 18 12:23, David Rothenberger wrote:
> On 8/18/2004 8:23 AM, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> >As a temporary measure, please add the -r option when starting sshd.
> >I haven't found the exact culprit so far, but the above flag will help.
> >
> >Thanks for the report.  It's embarassing that I didn't find the error
> >myself since I had accidentally switched off privilege separation a few
> >days ago :-(
> 
> I did not experience this problem when I upgraded and I thought that I 
> had privilege separation enabled.  Is there any easy way to tell if it 
> is on or not?

You mean, other than looking into /etc/sshd_config?

Corinna

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