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Subject:	Re: "Unknown" user after logging into sshd under Vista
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Daniel Noll wrote:
> Hi all.
> 
> The archives do have a number of Vista-related SSH problems which have solved 
> the issue of getting it installed, but I haven't been able to solve the issue 
> I found next.
> 
> Here's the options I used to configure the service...
> 
>> [508] daniel AT Monolith:~> ssh-host-config
>> Overwrite existing /etc/ssh_config file? (yes/no) yes
>> Generating /etc/ssh_config file
>> Overwrite existing /etc/sshd_config file? (yes/no) yes
> <cut>
>> Should privilege separation be used? (yes/no) yes
>> Generating /etc/sshd_config file
> <cut>
>> Do you want to install sshd as service?
>> (Say "no" if it's already installed as service) (yes/no) yes
> <cut>
>> Should this script create a new local account 'sshd_server' which has
>> the required privileges? (yes/no) yes
> <cut>
>> Which value should the environment variable CYGWIN have when
>> sshd starts? It's recommended to set at least "ntsec" to be
>> able to change user context without password.
>> Default is "ntsec".  CYGWIN=
> <cut>
> 
> However on logging in...
>> [503] daniel AT Monolith:~> ssh localhost
>> Last login: Fri Oct  5 09:20:07 2007 from 127.0.0.1
>> Fanfare!!!
>> You are successfully logged in to this server!!!
>> Could not chdir to home directory /home/daniel: Permission denied
>> -bash: cd: /home/daniel: Permission denied
> 
> Permissions on my home directory are correct as I can get into it via 
> Explorer.  The problem is elsewhere -- if I look in the process list, the 
> bash.exe process is running as user "(unknown)", not as my user account.
> 
> I'm not sure what to do from here.  What part of Cygwin is responsible for 
> changing the user ID when a user logs in via SSH, and what is usually 
> responsible for it misbehaving?


OK, we now know the symptoms and the problem.  But we don't have any basic
configuration information to do some simple triage with.  In short:

> Problem reports:       http://cygwin.com/problems.html

Please read and follow the above guidelines, paying particular attention to
the part about *attaching* cygcheck output.

In the absence of the above, my WAG is that the user you are logging in as
(domain user perhaps?) is not in your '/etc/passwd' file.  See 'man passwd'
and the Cygwin Users Guide <http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/> for more
details.  Ditto for '/etc/group'.



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