Re: [expert] user sshd does not exist

2002-10-30 Thread bascule
hmmm, i didn't know about the 'vv' bit, that's cool! however: D: install: running %pre script(s) (if any) + /usr/share/rpm-helper/add-user openssh 1 sshd /var/empty /bin/true 1:openssh-server D: = Directories not explictly included in package: D: 0 /etc/pam.d/ D:

Re: [expert] user sshd does not exist

2002-10-29 Thread Todd Lyons
bascule wrote on Tue, Oct 29, 2002 at 06:43:39PM + : > this is the line todd: > /usr/share/rpm-helper/add-user openssh $1 sshd /var/empty /bin/true > the add-user usage says that $1 is the 'num installed', can you explain that > to me and expand on the /bin/true point that james raised? > i fi

Re: [expert] user sshd does not exist

2002-10-29 Thread bascule
this is the line todd: /usr/share/rpm-helper/add-user openssh $1 sshd /var/empty /bin/true the add-user usage says that $1 is the 'num installed', can you explain that to me and expand on the /bin/true point that james raised? i figure that something is substituted for the $1 but i don't know what

Re: [expert] user sshd does not exist

2002-10-28 Thread Todd Lyons
bascule wrote on Mon, Oct 28, 2002 at 01:53:31PM + : > 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 hom

Re: [expert] user sshd does not exist

2002-10-28 Thread James Sparenberg
One question my install of sshd has the shell as /bin/true while the solaris instuctions specify /bin/false Anyone know if this will make any difference? James On Mon, 2002-10-28 at 17:12, Toshiro wrote: > El lun, 28-10-2002 a las 10:53, bascule escribió: > > i've just installed openssh-serv

Re: [expert] user sshd does not exist

2002-10-28 Thread Toshiro
El lun, 28-10-2002 a las 10:53, bascule escribió: > 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.

Re: [expert] user sshd does not exist

2002-10-28 Thread David Relson
FWIW, my 3 Mandrake boxes all have /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

Re: [expert] user sshd does not exist

2002-10-28 Thread James Sparenberg
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 wh

[expert] user sshd does not exist

2002-10-28 Thread bascule
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, n