Hi, I managed to install openssh from source on my home directory on a server I don't have root access to. I had problems with privilege separation because of permissions initially so I disabled it in sshd_config. But when I run sshd from where I installed it by doing ~/local/sbin/sshd, nothing at all happens. Theres no mention of sshd in the process list either. Why isn't sshd running?

The whole reason why I'm doing all this is becasue I want to use this server as a middleman to reverse tunnel to my home machine (which is behind a NAT firewall) so that I can connect to my home machine from anywhere through this server. I'm following the directions here. Does anybody have any suggestions?