Mail Archives: cygwin/2004/08/05/13:09:57
Boy, I didn't proofread that one very well. ;-)
At 11:56 AM 8/5/2004, you wrote:
>At 10:53 AM 8/5/2004, you wrote:
>>Ok. I think I figured out the problem. But I still do not have a solution for it. Here's what I think the problem is:
>>When the script is run as a windows service, the user that's calling the script is SYSTEM. Inside the script is a call to ssh client with the required parameters. I pass it the absolute path of the id_rsa file. The issue seems to be that user SYSTEM is not the owner of id_rsa file so it is being asked for a passphrase. On the contrary, if I add the batch script to startup programs, then no passphrase is asked and I am logged in right away. The problem here is that the command prompt window stays on the screen. This is something I wanted to avoid to begin with.
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>Ah, OK. Yeah, that would be a problem. I had thought you had said you
>were running this service as the user you wanted to 'ssh' as but I guess
>I didn't. You could try that. That should help (and keep you from needing
^^^^^^^^^^
I was wrong about that.
>to specify the 'id_rsa' file.
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