X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <48EBC508.8060500@millbrookprinting.com> Date: Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:22:32 -0400 From: Karl Herrick User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.16 (Windows/20080708) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: openssh 5.1p1-3 / ssh-host-config dependency and permission issues References: <48EBBDCA DOT 5050804 AT millbrookprinting DOT com> In-Reply-To: <48EBBDCA.5050804@millbrookprinting.com> Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------------000407020502040401000409" X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com --------------000407020502040401000409 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Unfortunately, I forgot to attach my cygcheck.out file... it is now attached. Karl Herrick wrote: > The scope of this post is have an OpenSSH server running on top of > Windows XP Professional without dependency errors or permission issues > during the setup. > > On 2008-06-28 a system was installed from scratch with the following > specs: > > Windows XP Professional SP2 > setup.exe 2.573.2.2 > OpenSSH 4.7p1-2 and the associated dependencies > > Today when trying to build a similar system, > > Windows XP Professional SP3 > setup.exe 2.573.2.3 > OpenSSH 5.1p1-3 and the associated dependencies > > two problems are encountered: > > 1. An error is received in regard to diffutils not being installed > when running ssh-host-config: > *** ERROR: Could not find or execute required program cmp. > *** ERROR: Please install diffutils > > 2. Various permission errors arise while running ssh-host-config: > *** Warning: The file /etc/passwd is not readable by all. > *** Warning: Please run 'chmod +r /etc/passwd'. > *** Warning: The file /etc/group is not readable by all. > *** Warning: Please run 'chmod +r /etc/group'. > *** ERROR: Problem with LocalSystem or Adminstrator IDs > > and separately after rerunning ssh-host-config: > > *** Warning: The permissions on the directory /var are not correct. > *** Warning: They must match the regexp d..x..x..[xt] > *** ERROR: Problem with /var directory. Exiting. > > Four questions: > > 1. Should diffutils automatically be installed as a dependency of > openssh so that this error doesn't come up in regard to it not being > installed while running ssh-host-config? > > 2. Should these permissions be different on a default cygwin install > so that openssh can be installed and ssh-host-config can be executed > without permission errors? > > 3. Is it safe to make the necessary permission changes to the various > files and directores (/etc/passwd, /etc/group, and /var) that openssh > is requesting changes to in order to "force" it to work? > > 4. If indeed these issues are due to a bug, are there appropriate > places to file necessary bug reports in order to keep track of if/when > they will be resolved? > > Thanks for your time and consideration of these issues that have been > noticed. > > --- > > Reproduce steps: > > 1. Download setup.exe version 2.573.2.3 and place into > "C:\cygwin-install\". > 2. Go through the setup wizard with defaults except: > 2.a Select a mirror. > 2.b Click once on the "Net/openssh" package (at the time of this post > it indicates it will install version 5.1p1-3 and the associated > dependencies). > 3. Execute "C:\cygwin\Cygwin.bat". > 4. Within the newly launched shell, execute "ssh-host-config". > > The following is returned: > > ###################### > $ ssh-host-config > *** Info: Generating /etc/ssh_host_key > *** Info: Generating /etc/ssh_host_rsa_key > *** Info: Generating /etc/ssh_host_dsa_key > *** ERROR: Could not find or execute required program cmp. > *** ERROR: Please install diffutils > ###################### > > 5. Close the shell and launch "C:\cygwin-install\setup.exe". > 6. Go through the setup wizard with defaults except: > 6.a Click once on the "Utils/diffutils" package (at the time of this > post it indicates it will install version 2.8.7-1 and the associated > dependencies). > 7. Execute "C:\cygwin\Cygwin.bat". > 8. Within the newly launched shell, execute "ssh-host-config". > 9. Answer "yes" to the "Should privilege separation be used? (yes/no)" > query. > > The following is returned: > > ###################### > *** Warning: The file /etc/passwd is not readable by all. > *** Warning: Please run 'chmod +r /etc/passwd'. > *** Warning: The file /etc/group is not readable by all. > *** Warning: Please run 'chmod +r /etc/group'. > *** ERROR: Problem with LocalSystem or Adminstrator IDs > ###################### > > 10. Within the shell, exectue "chmod +r /etc/passwd". > 11. Within the shell, exectue "chmod +r /etc/group". > 12. Within the shell, execute "ssh-host-config". > 13. Answer "yes" to the "Overwrite existing /etc/ssh_config file? > (yes/no)" query. > 14. Answer "yes" to the "Overwrite existing /etc/sshd_config file? > (yes/no)" query. > 15. Answer "yes" to the "Should privilege separation be used? > (yes/no)" query. > > The following is returned: > > ###################### > *** Warning: The permissions on the directory /var are not correct. > *** Warning: They must match the regexp d..x..x..[xt] > *** ERROR: Problem with /var directory. Exiting. > ###################### > > 16. Within the shell, execute "ls -ld /var" > > The following is returned: > > ###################### > drwxrwx---+ 8 ladmin Users 0 Oct 7 11:38 /var > ###################### > > 17. Within the shell, execute "chmod o+x /var" > 18. Within the shell, execute "ssh-host-config". > 19. Answer "yes" to the "Overwrite existing /etc/ssh_config file? > (yes/no)" query. > 20. Answer "yes" to the "Overwrite existing /etc/sshd_config file? > (yes/no)" query. > 21. Answer "yes" to the "Should privilege separation be used? > (yes/no)" query. > 22. Answer "yes" to the "new local account 'sshd'? (yes/no)" query. > 23. Answer "yes" to the "Do you want to install sshd as a service? > (Say "no" if it is already installed as a service) (yes/no)" query. > 24. Press the "Enter" key in regard to the "Enter the value of CYGWIN > for the daemon: [ntsec]" query. > 25. Within the shell, execute "cygrunsrv -S sshd" > 26. Completing the setup via "ssh-user-config" etc... > -- Karl Herrick Systems Engineer Millbrook Printing Company 3540 Jefferson Hwy. Grand Ledge, MI 48837-9750 http://www.millbrookprinting.com karl DOT herrick AT millbrookprinting DOT com P: 800-992-9653 F: 517-627-0267 --------------000407020502040401000409 Content-Type: text/plain; name="cygcheck.out" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline; filename="cygcheck.out" Cygwin Configuration Diagnostics Current System Time: Tue Oct 07 15:32:03 2008 Windows XP Professional Ver 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 3 Path: C:\cygwin\usr\local\bin C:\cygwin\bin C:\cygwin\bin C:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin c:\WINDOWS\system32 c:\WINDOWS c:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem Output from C:\cygwin\bin\id.exe (nontsec) UID: 1003(ladmin) GID: 513(None) 0(root) 513(None) 544(Administrators) 545(Users) Output from C:\cygwin\bin\id.exe (ntsec) UID: 1003(ladmin) GID: 513(None) 0(root) 513(None) 544(Administrators) 545(Users) SysDir: C:\WINDOWS\system32 WinDir: C:\WINDOWS USER = 'ladmin' PWD = '/home/ladmin' HOME = '/home/ladmin' MAKE_MODE = 'unix' HOMEPATH = '\Documents and Settings\ladmin' MANPATH = '/usr/local/man:/usr/share/man:/usr/man::/usr/ssl/man' APPDATA = 'C:\Documents and Settings\ladmin\Application Data' HOSTNAME = 'xenon' TERM = 'cygwin' PROCESSOR_IDENTIFIER = 'x86 Family 15 Model 107 Stepping 1, AuthenticAMD' WINDIR = 'C:\WINDOWS' OLDPWD = '/etc/skel' USERDOMAIN = 'XENON' OS = 'Windows_NT' ALLUSERSPROFILE = 'C:\Documents and Settings\All Users' !:: = '::\' TEMP = '/cygdrive/c/DOCUME~1/ladmin/LOCALS~1/Temp' DEFLOGDIR = 'C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\McAfee\DesktopProtection' COMMONPROGRAMFILES = 'C:\Program Files\Common Files' USERNAME = 'ladmin' PROCESSOR_LEVEL = '15' FP_NO_HOST_CHECK = 'NO' SYSTEMDRIVE = 'C:' USERPROFILE = 'C:\Documents and Settings\ladmin' CLIENTNAME = 'Console' PS1 = '\[\e]0;\w\a\]\n\[\e[32m\]\u@\h \[\e[33m\]\w\[\e[0m\]\n\$ ' LOGONSERVER = '\\XENON' PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE = 'x86' !C: = 'C:\cygwin\bin' SHLVL = '1' PATHEXT = '.COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH' HOMEDRIVE = 'C:' PROMPT = '$P$G' COMSPEC = 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe' TMP = '/cygdrive/c/DOCUME~1/ladmin/LOCALS~1/Temp' SYSTEMROOT = 'C:\WINDOWS' PRINTER = 'Microsoft XPS Document Writer' CVS_RSH = '/bin/ssh' PROCESSOR_REVISION = '6b01' INFOPATH = '/usr/local/info:/usr/share/info:/usr/info:' PROGRAMFILES = 'C:\Program Files' NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS = '1' VSEDEFLOGDIR = 'C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\McAfee\DesktopProtection' SESSIONNAME = 'Console' COMPUTERNAME = 'XENON' _ = '/usr/bin/cygcheck' HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2 HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\Program Options HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2 (default) = '/cygdrive' cygdrive flags = 0x00000022 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2\/ (default) = 'C:\cygwin' flags = 0x0000000a HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2\/usr/bin (default) = 'C:\cygwin/bin' flags = 0x0000000a HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2\/usr/lib (default) = 'C:\cygwin/lib' flags = 0x0000000a HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\Program Options a: fd N/A N/A c: hd NTFS 40946Mb 30% CP CS UN PA FC d: cd N/A N/A C:\cygwin / system binmode C:\cygwin/bin /usr/bin system binmode C:\cygwin/lib /usr/lib system binmode . /cygdrive system binmode,cygdrive Found: C:\cygwin\bin\awk.exe Found: C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe Found: C:\cygwin\bin\cat.exe Found: C:\cygwin\bin\cp.exe Not Found: cpp (good!) Not Found: crontab Found: C:\cygwin\bin\find.exe Not Found: gcc Not Found: gdb Found: C:\cygwin\bin\grep.exe Found: C:\cygwin\bin\kill.exe Not Found: ld Found: C:\cygwin\bin\ls.exe Not Found: make Found: C:\cygwin\bin\mv.exe Not Found: patch Not Found: perl Found: C:\cygwin\bin\rm.exe Found: C:\cygwin\bin\sed.exe Found: C:\cygwin\bin\ssh.exe Found: C:\cygwin\bin\sh.exe Found: C:\cygwin\bin\tar.exe Found: C:\cygwin\bin\test.exe Not Found: vi Not Found: vim 61k 2008/04/01 C:\cygwin\bin\cygbz2-1.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygbz2-1.dll" v0.0 ts=2008/3/31 23:37 7k 2003/10/19 C:\cygwin\bin\cygcrypt-0.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygcrypt-0.dll" v0.0 ts=2003/10/19 3:57 1064k 2008/09/30 C:\cygwin\bin\cygcrypto-0.9.8.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygcrypto-0.9.8.dll" v0.0 ts=2008/9/30 11:27 40k 2006/11/15 C:\cygwin\bin\cygform-8.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygform-8.dll" v0.0 ts=2006/11/15 2:06 25k 2008/01/04 C:\cygwin\bin\cyghistory6.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cyghistory6.dll" v0.0 ts=2008/1/3 22:31 271k 2007/08/24 C:\cygwin\bin\cygicons-0.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygicons-0.dll" v0.0 ts=2007/8/24 3:24 976k 2006/10/22 C:\cygwin\bin\cygiconv-2.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygiconv-2.dll" v0.0 ts=2006/10/22 19:44 31k 2005/11/20 C:\cygwin\bin\cygintl-3.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygintl-3.dll" v0.0 ts=2005/11/19 21:04 31k 2006/10/23 C:\cygwin\bin\cygintl-8.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygintl-8.dll" v0.0 ts=2006/10/22 20:12 21k 2006/11/15 C:\cygwin\bin\cygmenu-8.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygmenu-8.dll" v0.0 ts=2006/11/15 2:05 20k 2006/12/21 C:\cygwin\bin\cygminires.dll - os=4.0 img=1.1 sys=4.0 "cygminires.dll" v0.0 ts=2006/12/21 0:07 67k 2006/11/15 C:\cygwin\bin\cygncurses++-8.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygncurses++-8.dll" v0.0 ts=2006/11/15 2:13 237k 2006/11/15 C:\cygwin\bin\cygncurses-8.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygncurses-8.dll" v0.0 ts=2006/11/15 2:02 12k 2006/11/15 C:\cygwin\bin\cygpanel-8.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygpanel-8.dll" v0.0 ts=2006/11/15 2:04 181k 2008/09/07 C:\cygwin\bin\cygpcre-0.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygpcre-0.dll" v0.0 ts=2008/9/6 23:36 302k 2008/09/07 C:\cygwin\bin\cygpcrecpp-0.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygpcrecpp-0.dll" v0.0 ts=2008/9/6 23:36 7k 2008/09/07 C:\cygwin\bin\cygpcreposix-0.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygpcreposix-0.dll" v0.0 ts=2008/9/6 23:36 22k 2002/06/09 C:\cygwin\bin\cygpopt-0.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygpopt-0.dll" v0.0 ts=2002/6/9 1:45 155k 2008/01/04 C:\cygwin\bin\cygreadline6.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygreadline6.dll" v0.0 ts=2008/1/3 22:31 218k 2008/09/30 C:\cygwin\bin\cygssl-0.9.8.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygssl-0.9.8.dll" v0.0 ts=2008/9/30 11:28 22k 2008/02/24 C:\cygwin\bin\cygwrap-0.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygwrap-0.dll" v0.0 ts=2008/2/23 2:03 65k 2006/10/16 C:\cygwin\bin\cygz.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygz.dll" v0.0 ts=2006/10/15 21:10 1829k 2008/06/12 C:\cygwin\bin\cygwin1.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygwin1.dll" v0.0 ts=2008/6/12 13:35 Cygwin DLL version info: DLL version: 1.5.25 DLL epoch: 19 DLL bad signal mask: 19005 DLL old termios: 5 DLL malloc env: 28 API major: 0 API minor: 156 Shared data: 4 DLL identifier: cygwin1 Mount registry: 2 Cygnus registry name: Cygnus Solutions Cygwin registry name: Cygwin Program options name: Program Options Cygwin mount registry name: mounts v2 Cygdrive flags: cygdrive flags Cygdrive prefix: cygdrive prefix Cygdrive default prefix: Build date: Thu Jun 12 19:34:46 CEST 2008 CVS tag: cr-0x5f1 Shared id: cygwin1S4 No Cygwin services found. Cygwin Package Information Last downloaded files to: C:\cygwin-install Last downloaded files from: ftp://mirrors.kernel.org/sourceware/cygwin/ Package Version _update-info-dir 00759-1 alternatives 1.3.30c-2 ash 20040127-4 base-files 3.7-1 base-passwd 2.2-1 bash 3.2.39-20 bzip2 1.0.5-2 coreutils 6.10-1 crypt 1.1-1 csih 0.1.8-1 cygrunsrv 1.34-1 cygutils 1.3.2-1 cygwin 1.5.25-15 cygwin-doc 1.4-4 editrights 1.01-2 findutils 4.4.0-3 gawk 3.1.6-1 grep 2.5.3-1 groff 1.19.2-2 gzip 1.3.12-2 less 382-1 libbz2_1 1.0.5-2 libiconv2 1.11-1 libintl3 0.14.5-1 libintl8 0.15-1 libncurses8 5.5-3 libpcre0 7.8-1 libpopt0 1.6.4-4 libreadline6 5.2.12-10 libwrap0 7.6-4 login 1.9-8 man 1.6e-1 minires 1.01-1 openssh 5.1p1-3 openssl 0.9.8i-1 rebase 2.4.4-1 run 1.1.10-1 sed 4.1.5-2 tar 1.20-1 termcap 20050421-1 terminfo 5.5_20061104-1 texinfo 4.8a-1 tzcode 2008a-1 which 2.19-1 zlib 1.2.3-2 Use -h to see help about each section --------------000407020502040401000409 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ --------------000407020502040401000409--