Actually "You don't exist, go away!" problem isn't concerned with the ssh.
If root (or any other user) doesn't exist in /etc/passwd, linux gives this
error.
I don't think this is caused by anything else.
On Tue, 19 Jan 1999, Iannis HANEN wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am running a 2.0.35 Linux Slackware, and I have just compiled sshd
> with the default options.
> The compilation goes well, but during the "make install" the creation
> of the /etc/ssh_host_key doesn't work. If I try to do it manually
> with ssh-keygen, I obtain the following error :
> "You don't exist, go away!"
> All the ssh-* binaries seem to give me the same error, in a way or
> another... I got the same pb for all users, root or others.
>
> Could someone please help me to solve that ? thanks :)
>
> Iannis
>
Ali Gunduz
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