Re: Installing OpenSSH 3.4

From: Henk Bokhoven (hbokh@xs4all.nl)
Date: 06/29/02

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    From: Henk Bokhoven <hbokh@xs4all.nl>
    Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2002 02:07:37 +0200
    
    

    On Fri, 28 Jun 2002 22:01:19 +0200, Hans Barboza wrote:

    > 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.
     
    Add a user 'sshd'. My FreeBSD-box "did it" sort of like:

    [1] add a group called "sshd", GID:22
    [2] add a user called "sshd", UID:22, home-dir: /var/empty, shell: non-existent

    HTH, HAND,

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