Re: problem installing cygwin+sshd

["Michael" <bgn7a3m02 at sneakemail dot com>]

Thorston:
> Please refrain from sending me private mail...
Sorry, I didn't want to offend you! - when answering, I deleted the
To: value by mistake and reenterd obviously the wrong address ...
> > 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?!

I've already recognized this message, but as I wanted to chown to
root, I was told that there's no "root"-user in the system...

Now I "chown"ed to myself:root and now it works -> sshd is up for one
connection ("ssh localhost") and ends when closing the connection.

Afterwards I "chown"ed /var/empty/ to SYSTEM:root and again tried to
start sshd as a service, but same error-message as before -> did I
come closer to the solution, now I know, that sshd works from
commandline?

thanks for your assistance
michael

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