>I'm curious about /etc/group modification? > >I've upgraded two (2) potato's and two (2) woody's. Yes, there is a >new user in passwd/shadow; but, I do not have any new group for >sshd. > >Yes, I have seen the instructions for installing manually; but, I >cannot find a reason for the special group. > >What do you think?
Good question. I wondered the same thing, figured "'cause Theo said so.." and dismissed it. But after you asked, I checked the source... :-) sshd.c in privsep_preauth_child does a setgid() from the sshd's primary group (in passwd) when setting up the chroot jail. The manual instructions make sure that the uid:gid is sshd:sshd. So I guess "'cause Theo said so" works. :-) I'm curious though, on your debian systems, what is the gid for the sshd user? The sshd.c source seems to indicate that sshd will fail if the group doesn't exist. ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek No, I will not fix your computer. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ Leaf-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-devel
