On 2017-05-25 15:36, Brian Inglis wrote:
> On 2017-05-25 13:24, Henning Peters wrote:
>> I switched from 32bit to 64bit a week ago, moved "cygwin" to
>> "cygwin32" and reinstalled from scratch into a new "cygwin"
>> directory.
>> when trying to setup sshd using ssh-host-config, I get this message
>> when using StrictModes (which I want to and did before on cygwin32
>> on this system):
>> *** Warning: The owner and the Administrators need
>> *** Warning: to have .w. permission to /var/run.
>> *** Warning: Here are the current permissions and ACLS:
>> *** Warning: drwxrwxrwt+ 1 faroul root 0 May 19 20:56 /var/run
>> *** Warning: # file: /var/run
>> *** Warning: # owner: faroul
>> *** Warning: # group: root
>> *** Warning: # flags: --t
>> *** Warning: user::rwx
>> *** Warning: group::rwx
>> *** Warning: group:root:rwx
>> *** Warning: group:SYSTEM:rwx
>> *** Warning: mask:rwx
>> *** Warning: other:rwx
>> *** Warning: default:user::rwx
>> *** Warning: default:group::rwx
>> *** Warning: default:other:r-x
>> *** Warning:
>> *** Warning: Please change the user and/or group ownership,
>> *** Warning: permissions, or ACLs of /var/run.
>> *** ERROR: Problem with /var/run directory. Exiting.
>> I tried a lot, but cannot find any solution.
>> Any hints?
>
> It's telling you that the Administrators group is missing write
> access.
>
> Do you have a root id on your system or are you using passwd and
> group files?
>
> You could either change group ownership from root to Administrators:
> $ chgrp -cR Administrators /var/run
>
> and if your admin id is not faroul:
> $ chown -cR <adminid> /var/run
>
> or, to add explicit Administrators group access, and default access
> to files created, explicit admin id ACL and DACL, and others read
> and search:
> $ setfacl -m g:Administrators:rwx,d:g:Administrators:rwx,\
> u:<adminid>:rwx,d:g:<adminid>:rwx,o::r-x /var/run
Typos:
$ setfacl -m g:Administrators:rwx,d:g:Administrators:rwx,\
u:<adminid>:rwx,d:u:<adminid>:rwx,o::r-x /var/run
> add Administrators and admin id to existing files:
> $ setfacl -m g:Administrators:rwx,u:<adminid>:rwx,\
> o::r-x /var/run/*
$ setfacl -m g:Administrators:rw-,u:<adminid>:rw-,\
o::r-- /var/run/*
--
Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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