You will also need to perform following steps for openssh-3.9p1
# mkdir /var/empty
# chown root:sys /var/empty
# chmod 755 /var/empty
# groupadd sshd
# useradd -g sshd -c 'sshd privsep' -d /var/empty -s
/bin/false sshd

/var/empty should not contain any files.

It's described here http://www.sunfreeware.com/README.privsep
in more details

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