Mail Archives: cygwin/2008/08/05/23:58:05
J.D. Baldwin wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 05, 2008 at 06:42:46PM -0500, Ren=E9 Berber wrote:
>> [snip]
>>> I can invoke /usr/sbin/sshd but not log in via same. I have tried it
>>> with and without privilege separation, with and without re-exec and in
>>> various other permutations. It always fails on the seteuid call.
>> [snip]
>>> I can't find a workaround for this. Any ideas?
>> [snip]
>>
>> Read the instructions inside: /usr/share/doc/Cygwin/openssh.README
>=20
> If you're referring to the ssh-host-config run, I've done that six
> times, with (I think) every reasonable combination of answers to the
> config questions. Also ssh-user-config, though that's much less
> relevant here.
Once probably was enough, if that didn't work you should try to solve=20
that problem not just test randomly.
> If you're referring to something else, I wish you'd give me more of a
> hint. Otherwise, I might think the above is a lot like the "you're
> not doing it right" non-answers I found when searching on the error
> message.
The problem you describe is clear and it means you went with a different=20
kind of installation and are guessing that user Administrator can do=20
anything, it can't.
The ssh-host-config script adds a user with the required privileges and=20
sets up everything so that the process can switch users. That last=20
operation is what you showed as failure on your debug output.
The service installation script works fine on Windows XP but you started=20
your message saying that there are "numerous reports" like yours, which=20
is not true, if you read those reports they are always for Server=20
2003/2008, Vista or some interference by Virus scanners/Internet=20
security software.
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Ren=E9 Berber
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