Installing OpenSSH 3.4

From: Hans Barboza (news@forcynth.net)
Date: 06/28/02 

From: "Hans Barboza" <news@forcynth.net>
Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2002 20:01:19 GMT

I'm installing from source on a Debian linux box (grumbles about 3.4 not
being in apt).

When I do make install, I get:

id sshd || \

echo "WARNING: Privilege separation user \"sshd\" does not

exist"

id: sshd: No such user

WARNING: Privilege separation user "sshd" does not exist

I tried creating the user by hand, using adduser, and then by editing
/etc/passwd, from some information I found on the web & this NG. None of
that worked, so I'm asking for help.

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