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Re: Report of regression bug + workaround: ssh-host-config (blocking sshd) on fresh installs of openssh-5.3p1-1
- From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-use-the-mailinglist-please at cygwin dot com>
- To: cygwin-developers at cygwin dot com
- Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2010 11:11:14 -0500
- Subject: Re: Report of regression bug + workaround: ssh-host-config (blocking sshd) on fresh installs of openssh-5.3p1-1
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On Fri, Jan 08, 2010 at 05:03:54PM +0100, sesam:
>Problem report:
>ssh-host-config gives incorrect permissions on /var/empty for fresh installs
>
>Reproduce with:
>1. rmdir /var/empty
>2. ssh-host-config
>3. ls -ld /var/empty
> shows: drwxr-xr-x+ 1 Administrator Domain Users 0 2010-01-08 15:48
>/var/empty
>(4. start sshd and tail /var/log/sshd.log
>
>WORKAROUND:
>chown cyg_server:root /var/empty
>I don't know if this is a correct workaround.
>
>
>(Also just a mention: While installing the 1.7.1 DLL update some install
>scripts from cygwin.exe ran amok and created a file /MZ? -- some strange
>last character -- that keeps growing until cygwin.exe is stopped with
>Cancel. -rwxrwx-wx 1 Administrator root 86275165 2010-01-08
>14:47 MZ?
>This is how I came to run a fresh install, which works fine. Only packages
>libncurses9, openssh and one more, but probably I'm to blame for
>installing with files in use -- running update via a VNC tunneled over the
>openssh binaries that were to be updated.)
>
>