X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com From: Thorsten Kampe Subject: Re: problem installing cygwin+sshd Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2007 16:15:37 -0000 Lines: 44 Message-ID: References: <4750-32499 AT sneakemail DOT com> <86772a380702170134r4cd6d72dwd588e8adcbd1daec AT mail DOT gmail DOT com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit User-Agent: MicroPlanet-Gravity/2.70.2067 X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Please refrain from sending me private mail... > Thorsten > > Michael > > > [cannot start sshd as a service] > > > any ideas - what did I do wrong? > > > > Check the permissions from /var/log - sshd /has/ to log there. As a last > > chance I would try to run sshd manually: "sshd -D -ddd" > > --cut-- > $ /usr/sbin/sshd -D -ddd > debug2: load_server_config: filename /etc/sshd_config > debug2: load_server_config: done config len = 196 > debug2: parse_server_config: config /etc/sshd_config len 196 > debug3: /etc/sshd_config:13 setting Port 22 > debug3: /etc/sshd_config:38 setting StrictModes no > debug3: /etc/sshd_config:92 setting UsePrivilegeSeparation yes > debug3: /etc/sshd_config:106 setting Subsystem sftp /usr/sbin/sftp- > server > debug1: sshd version OpenSSH_4.5p1 > debug1: private host key: #0 type 0 RSA1 > debug3: Not a RSA1 key file /etc/ssh_host_rsa_key. > debug1: read PEM private key done: type RSA > debug1: private host key: #1 type 1 RSA > debug3: Not a RSA1 key file /etc/ssh_host_dsa_key. > debug1: read PEM private key done: type DSA > debug1: private host key: #2 type 2 DSA > /var/empty must be owned by root and not group or world-writable. > --cut-- > $ ssh localhost > ssh: connect to host localhost port 22: Connection refused > --cut-- > > > and "strace /usr/sbin/sshd -D" > > see attached file. > > where do I have to look at in the trace-file? Nowhere. "/var/empty must be owned by root and not group or world- writable" - that's pretty clear, isn't it?! T. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/