sshd server in hp-ux

[Krishna Prasad]

Well I have the zlib library and Openssh installed on my machine. The basic client commands are working fine. I have generated the normal set of keys required and put them where the ssh_config files is expecting them.

However, I am getting an odd error when starting sshd.

The error is

Privilege separation user sshd does not exist

I have Openssh running on my Linux machines and did not have to setup a sshd user?

Any ideas?

[Craig Rants]

What compile time includes did you use? I assume you have compiled and have installed from the depot on the porting site. Also, could you post the contents of your sshd_config file and how you are starting you daemon either from command line or /sbin/init.d/.....

Have you looked at the HP-UX Secure Shell product, maybe worth while since it is now a supported product complete with patches...

GL,
C

[Krishna Prasad]

I installed using the depot for HP-UX from the Openssh site.

I was going to look into the HP secure product but the HP URL I was given doesn't work. I also went to the HP Product site and the download link doesn't work.

My sshd_config file is as generic out of the box using all the defaults.

[Tony Contratto · Accepted solution]

Hi Ron,

The new versions of ssh use a pseudo account for some parts of the server. If you enable privilege separation in the sshd_config file then you will need a sshd account on the system. See the following URL for more info.

http://hpux.cs.utah.edu/hppd/cgi-bin/wwwtar?/hpux/Networking/Admin/openssh-3.4p1/openssh-3.4p1-ss-11.00.tar.gz+openssh-3.4p1/README.privsep+text

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Tony

[Krishna Prasad]

Anthony,

You are exactly correct. I just read up on the Openssh 3.4 version. It explains why this is different from older versions.

When I went to the site they already had a 3.4 HP-UX 11.0 compiled binary as a depot.