/etc/group - sshd:x:94:
/etc/passwd - sshd:x:94:94::/home/sshd:/bin/true
/var/empty exists on all 3 and two have /var/empty/sshd (which is empty - no files).
At 11:08 AM 10/28/02, James Sparenberg wrote:
On Mon, 2002-10-28 at 05:53, bascule wrote:
> i've just installed openssh-server and when i try to start sshd i get
> privilege seperation: user sshd does not exist
> before i create this user, what options should i create it with, obviously
> it's a system user and doesn't need a home etc. but what else, after all ssh
> is a security minded tool, no point having it if it's not set up correctly
>
> bascule
> --
Bascule,
The line from my passwd file is
sshd:x:75:75:system user for openssh:/var/empty:/bin/true
I checked 3 MDK boxes and they all had exactly the same line. Hope this
helps.
James
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