Mail Archives: cygwin/2008/04/03/03:45:27
On Apr 2 13:55, Alfred von Campe wrote:
> On Apr 2, 2008, at 9:27, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
>> - Does the domain user have an entry in the local /etc/passwd? sshd
>> needs that when checking file ownership. And it allows to specify the
>> user to cygrunsrv without the "domain\win_username" syntax.
>
> Well, there is an entry for a user of the same name. Is that enough or is
> there a way to specify the fact that it's a domain user?
The SID in the pw_gecos field must match. When in doubt, try
mkpasswd -d -u username.
>> - Did you chown /etc/ssh* and /var/empty to the domain user when trying
>> to start the service under that account? That's a must have.
>
> No, I did not know about this either. I will try these suggestions as soon
> as I get a chance, but that might not be until I return to the office next
> week. A quick question, though. Instead of making all these changes, is
> there a better way to (re-)install Cygwin sshd so that it is properly set
> up for a domain user?
No, that's not supported by the install scripts.
Corinna
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