X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to :references:message-id; q=dns; s=default; b=OPjcA0ln9/MhNPE3PFzi Ln65MHDAv7ZgCuyRefkRq/fRbtrXVEjWYjGrKyEUx3d/ZzP+hLeFqGV2yGB9esNN KPOZBptzNy279fKyKfmokjeppd+ETIhPvHeRhuriZpYO9ktcxXip6yjmSnyPhr3c MpcKSMnSSQI7+9N7Pgx7Q/U= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to :references:message-id; s=default; bh=A7cywtuf+WHHxZG6jrMvBi9aoY 8=; b=blpy3kDo9USkQe172tuNtK6CNuiCL+KWAjYvIgjBiufJOd7tATQ1+mloUd ouioafadFIn4A2PTm9hMaTHQMiUoclXe2M7K7ZH0Nvt36AAtE+qdSt3GhbwRg/DE 1dlU6nS47+3gjX45lJymbesLsbyy3wgEvybYgP5fbpEBvyQ8c= 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 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-1.6 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,PLING_QUERY,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 spammy=H*f:sk:b16023a, H*F:D*nl, userid, surprise X-HELO: lb3-smtp-cloud3.xs4all.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Mon, 29 May 2017 22:30:15 +0200 From: Houder To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: openssh: privilege separation no longer supported on Cygwin? SURPRISE! In-Reply-To: <522816658.20170529225714@yandex.ru> References: <37b863f6-ce5c-ef13-569f-8044fe485075 AT gmail DOT com> <20e2702ca3837f5d54c558f8e786c717 AT xs4all DOT nl> <522816658 DOT 20170529225714 AT yandex DOT ru> Message-ID: X-Sender: houder AT xs4all DOT nl User-Agent: XS4ALL Webmail X-IsSubscribed: yes On 2017-05-29 21:57, Andrey Repin wrote: > Greetings, Houder! > >> - however, the userid of the grandchild of the sshd listener, is >> STILL >> cyg_server ... NOT sshd! > > Exactly. cyg_server is the user which does impersonation. > You've been told that when you've been setting up your host. http://www.citi.umich.edu/u/provos/ssh/privsep.html https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/115896/can-someone-explain-how-sshd-does-privilege-separation https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2017-05/msg00468.html >> As if the "sshd" account is NEVER, NEVER used during the _whole_ >> process >> (that is, there is NO privilege separation, as far as I can tell). > > As far as it is documented. -- 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