X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.4 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SPF_HELO_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <4970B34F.8010409@cygwin.com> Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 11:18:23 -0500 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.19) Gecko/20090101 Remi/2.0.0.19-1.fc8.remi Lightning/0.9 Thunderbird/2.0.0.19 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: SSH Setup Issue References: <21491713 DOT post AT talk DOT nabble DOT com> <4970A676 DOT 2060900 AT cygwin DOT com> <21502741 DOT post AT talk DOT nabble DOT com> In-Reply-To: <21502741.post@talk.nabble.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 Syphon wrote: > Had the issue before I did all of the above, I know all this is already > performed by ssh-host-config, So does this mean ssh-host-config is not > working properly ? For you, perhaps. > Took a look at '/var/log/sshd.log'. > > '/var/empty must be owned by root and not group or world-writable.' > > So, 'chown SYSTEM empty' SYSTEM does not have the proper permissions on Vista for 'sshd' to run properly. If 'ssh-host-config' did it's job correctly, it set up a new user for this. Look for 'sshd_server'. If you have this, then that's the user you want to use above and in all places where you used 'SYSTEM'. -- 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? -- 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/