sshd does not start

[Tim Rice]

On Mon, 3 Mar 2003, Haferman, Joyce E,,PERSEREC wrote:

> I hope I'm sending this to the correct group for resolution, if not please
> direct to the appropriate place for openssh problems.
> 
> I complied openssh-3.5pl.tar  on Solaris 8 OS system using gnu.
> I installed the lastest version of openssl.
> I did not install /www/gzip.org/zlib because I assumed that I probably have
> that, since I have gunzip....
> 
> Openssh compiled but I kept receiving warnings that I do not have a random
> generator.
> 
Make sure you have patch 112438 installed.
[snip]
> /usr/local/sbin/sshd -t -f /usr/local/etc/sshd_config
> Privilege separation user sshd does not exist
> make: [check-config] Error 255 (ignored)
> # ps -ef|grep ssh
>     root 12182  4951  0 10:50:36 pts/1    0:00 grep ssh  
> 
> 
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> Is the problem that I do not have zlib installed?

If you didn't have zlib, openssh would not compile.

As the error messege says, you need to create he user sshd or disable
Privilege Separation. Your password entry should look something like this.
sshd:x:67:67:OpenSSH Virtual User:/:/bin/false

> 
> Joyce Haferman
> Computer Systems Analyst
> (831) 657-3023 FAX (831) 657-0157
> email: hafermje at osd.pentagon.mil or
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> 
> 

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