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Re: Help me please install OpenSSH Server on Windows Vista
On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 4:47 AM, Alexey Eremenko <al4321@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi All !
>
> I have installed Cygwin on Vista -- but was unable to install SSH server on it.
>
> ssh-host-config returns an error no matter what I do. Diabling UAC doesn't help.
>
Here is what I get when I try to setup SSH on Vista:
$ ssh-host-config
chmod: changing permissions of `/etc': Permission denied
setfacl: Permission denied
chmod: changing permissions of `/var/log': Permission denied
setfacl: Permission denied
*** Query: Overwrite existing /etc/ssh_config file? (yes/no) yes
*** Info: Creating default /etc/ssh_config file
*** Query: Overwrite existing /etc/sshd_config file? (yes/no) yes
*** Info: Creating default /etc/sshd_config file
*** Info: Privilege separation is set to yes by default since OpenSSH 3.3.
*** Info: However, this requires a non-privileged account called 'sshd'.
*** Info: For more info on privilege separation read /usr/share/doc/openssh/RE
ME.privsep.
*** Query: Should privilege separation be used? (yes/no) ye
*** Query: Should privilege separation be used? (yes/no) yes
*** Warning: The file /etc/passwd is not readable by all.
*** Warning: Please run 'chmod +r /etc/passwd'.
*** Warning: The file /etc/group is not readable by all.
*** Warning: Please run 'chmod +r /etc/group'.
*** ERROR: Problem with LocalSystem or Adminstrator IDs
--
-Alexey Eromenko "Technologov"
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