Running sshd in cygwin: "/var/empty must be owned by root..."

I installed OpenSSH on my Windows 7 system so I could tunnel my VNC into it from my Arch machine. However, when I run /usr/sbin/sshd -D on the W7 machine, I get the error: /var/empty must be owned by root and not group or world-writable. This is the output of the ls -All /var: $ ls -All /var total 0 drwxr-xr-x+ 1 {my_usrnm} None 0 Jul 15 21:39 cache drw-------+ 1 cyg_server Administrators 0 Jul 15 21:43 empty drwxr-xr-x+ 1 {my_usrnm} None 0 Jul 15 21:39 lib drwxrwxrwt+ 1 {my_usrnm} None 0 Jul 15 21:45 log drwxrwxrwt+ 1 {my_usrnm} None 0 Jul 15 23:36 run drwxrwxrwt+ 1 {my_usrnm} None 0 Jul 15 21:39 tmp I've tried a few of the permissions fixes and rebooted and reinstalled OpenSSH (by running ssh-host-config) at least 10 times, but nothing had fixed it. How do I fix this error? Thanks!