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Subject:	Re: Adding users to /etc/passwd for ssh purposes, but not as a local Windows user
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Keith Christian wrote:
> Suppose a Windows 2000/XP/2003 machine exists where three accounts need to be
> added for use only with SSH to a Unix/Linux machine, for ssh/scp/sftp use.
> 
> Further suppose these user accounts are to be named ssh_user_a, ssh_user_b,
> and ssh_user_c, and that these should exist only in Cygwin's /etc/passwd file
> - they won't be added as local Windows users.
> 
> My question is whether these users can be added only to Cygwin's /etc/passwd
> file so that passwordless logins can be achieved, using .ssh/authorized_keys.
> 
> Possible?


Why not just give it a whirl.  Then you can tell us. ;-)


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