title: Directory permissions for Cygwin SSH (Windows 7)
body: <p>I am a fan of Linux but due to bad Intel wireless drivers in Linux, I had to switch to Windows 7. I have installed Cygwin in Windows and want to configure SSH to remotely connect to my laptop.  </p>
  
  <p>I searched with Google and found <a href="http://art.csoft.net/2009/09/02/cygwin-ssh-server-and-windows-7/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">information for installing openssh server on Win 7</a>, but I am getting the following error when running <code>ssh-host-config</code>:</p>
  
  <pre>
  bala@bala-PC ~
  $ ssh-host-config
  yes
  *** Info: Creating default /etc/ssh_config file
  *** Query: Overwrite existing /etc/sshd_config file? (yes/no) yes
  *** Info: Creating default /etc/sshd_config file
  *** Info: Privilege separation is set to yes by default since OpenSSH 3.3.
  *** Info: However, this requires a non-privileged account called 'sshd'.
  *** Info: For more info on privilege separation read /usr/share/doc/openssh/READ
  ME.privsep.
  *** Query: Should privilege separation be used? (yes/no) no
  *** Info: Updating /etc/sshd_config file
  
  *** Warning: The following functions require administrator privileges!
  
  *** Query: Do you want to install sshd as a service?
  *** Query: (Say "no" if it is already installed as a service) (yes/no) yes
  *** Query: Enter the value of CYGWIN for the daemon: []
  *** Info: On Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, and above, the
  *** Info: SYSTEM account cannot setuid to other users -- a capability
  *** Info: sshd requires.  You need to have or to create a privileged
  *** Info: account.  This script will help you do so.
  
  *** Warning: The owner and the Administrators need
  *** Warning: to have .w. permission to /var/run.
  *** Warning: Here are the current permissions and ACLS:
  *** Warning:     drwxr-xr-x 1 bala None 0 2010-01-17 22:34 /var/run
  *** Warning:     # file: /var/run
  *** Warning:     # owner: bala
  *** Warning:     # group: None
  *** Warning:     user::rwx
  *** Warning:     group::r-x
  *** Warning:     other:r-x
  *** Warning:     mask:rwx
  *** Warning:
  *** Warning: Please change the user and/or group ownership,
  *** Warning: permissions, or ACLs of /var/run.
  
  *** ERROR: Problem with /var/run directory. Exiting.
  </pre>
  
  <p>The permissions of this folder are shown as read-only (only applies to this folder), checked in gray. I tried to uncheck but after I open the properties again, the box is again checked. Is there a way to change the permissions of this folder?</p>