On Thu, Nov 07, 2002 at 09:23:30AM -0800, Karl M wrote: > The behavior I see now is that if I do > > chown administrators.none /etc/ssh_host_rsa_key* > chmod 777 /etc/ssh_host_rsa_key* > > Then with StrictModes enabled, sshd will start and run just fine (running as > > system). But if I then do > > chown system.none /etc/ssh_host_rsa_key* > > Then sshd fails to start. But I (think I) recall that in the past the > protection had to be tight and the owner had to be system for sshd to start?
I checked that and could reproduce it. I talked to one of the OpenSSH maintainers and he confirmed that behaviour as normal. From my point of view it's a security weakness but... Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Developer mailto:cygwin@;cygwin.com Red Hat, Inc. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/