Re: Wrong Permission on the /var directory

["Olav" <hjemmehos at c2i dot net>]

Well, "chmod -R 777 /var" did the trick, but is it advisable to do this, or 
do I only have to chmod 777 on one or more specific subfolders of /var?If 
so, which one?

"chnod 777 /var" did not help.
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"Olav" <hjemmehos@c2i.net> skrev i melding 
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> Hi,
>
> When running "$ ssh-host-config -y" after installing cygwin - for the 
> firts
> time - on a Win XP Pro SP3 machine, there are some problem that
> occurs.Please see the output below. The Cygwin Setup.exe is v2.573.2.2.
> If I run the "ssh-host-config " and leaving out the '-y', and answer 'no' 
> to
> the "Should privilege separation be used?" query, then the rest of the
> config process works well, and I can start and use the sshd service.
>
> How do I solve the warnings shown below, so I hopefully can make use of
> separate privilege?
> The Readme.privsep didn't help much.The commands listed in the file was 
> not
> found on the system(Most of them)
>
> Thanks for your time and support!
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>
> ///////////////////////////Output
> Starts/////////////////////////////////////////////////////
> $ ssh-host-config -y
> *** 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/README.privsep.
> *** Query: Should privilege separation be used? (yes/no) yes
> *** Warning: The permissions on the directory /var are not correct.
> *** Warning: They must match the regexp d..x..x..x
> *** ERROR: Problem with /var directory. Exiting.
> ///////////////////////////Output
> Ends/////////////////////////////////////////////////////
>
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