SSH Not Working on a PortServer CM Following an Upgrade to 1.3.4g Firmware


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SSH Not Working on a PortServer CM Following an Upgrade to 1.3.4g Firmware SSH Not Working on a PortServer CM Following an Upgrade to 1.3.4g Firmware

Symptom:

An ssh connection fails or reportsa "privilege separation user does not exist" error.

Solution:

The new ssh, version 3.4p1, requires a local user "sshd" in order to perform the authentication. Add the following entry to the /etc/passwd file:

sshd:*:xxx:yyy:sshd privsep:/var/empty:/bin/false

Add the following line to the /etc/group file:

sshd::yyy:

Where xxx and yyy are any number greater than 500, and not used yet by any user or group.