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On Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:43:51 -0600  baykusderki wrote:
> On 11/21/2009 9:29 PM, Huang Bambo wrote:
> > run /usr/sbin/sshd directly and check if it can start.
> >
> > Hi
> This is what I get
> "
> $ /usr/sbin/sshd
> /var/empty must be owned by root and not group or world-writable.
> "

OK, try this:

chown root:root /var/empty

Although, mine is owned by SYSTEM, so if that doesn't work, try:

chown SYSTEM:root /var/empty

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