macaroni-os / macaroni-os/mark-issues

mark-i stage3 has /var/empty owned by sshd. This prevents sshd start and throws an error

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Description

```/var/empty must be owned by root and not group or world-writable.```

current workaround
```
rm -rf /var/empty
/etc/init.d/sshd start
```

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Research direction

Start by reproducing the sshd startup failure on a mark-i stage3 system and inspect /var/empty and /etc/init.d/sshd. Confirm what creates or changes /var/empty, then verify that sshd starts with the directory owned by root and not group- or world-writable.

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Assessment

Tech stack
linux
Domain
operating-systems
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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