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Re: Mouting network drives from Cygwin ssh client
Jeenu V wrote:
Thanks for the link.
I removed the default CYGWIN sshd service and ran:
cygrunsrv --install sshd --path /usr/sbin/sshd.exe --user jeevis01
--args '-D' --env 'CYGWIN="ntsec"
It asked for my password and installed successfully. However I
couldn't start the service, and my /var/log/sshd.log was empty.
Later I tried starting sshd manually:
$ /usr/sbin/sshd.exe
/var/empty must be owned by root and not group or world-writable.
$ ls -ld /var/empty/
drwxr-xr-x+ 2 SYSTEM Administrators 0 Dec 30 16:57 /var/empty/
$ chmod 700 /var/empty/
$ ls -ld /var/empty/
drwx------+ 2 SYSTEM Administrators 0 Dec 30 16:57 /var/empty/
$ /usr/sbin/sshd.exe
/var/empty must be owned by root and not group or world-writable.
I think this is the reason why the server failed to start when I
installed service in my name. Although I see many posts facing similar
issues, problem gets solved after the chmod command. However, for me,
it doesn't. Please help.
Yes, that is part of it. Ownership/permissions of a collection of files
used by 'sshd' is highly scrutinized. And, as you've found out, it's
not a one-step task to switch the service over from running as
SYSTEM (or 'sshd_server'). There are a number of files that get created
the first time 'sshd' runs (or when it's configured with
'/bin/ssh-host-config') that need to be adjusted if you change the user
that runs the service. You can find the full list of files in
'/bin/ssh-host-config' but at least a partial list is:
/etc/ssh*
/var/empty
/var/log/lastlog
/var/log/sshd.log
Make sure these are all owned by the user that's now running 'sshd'.
That should help. If not, take a look at '/bin/ssh-host-config' for
files I've missed.
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