Mail Archives: cygwin/2009/06/26/12:46:35
On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 09:28:50AM -0700, Gordon Fogus wrote:
>I installed cygwin for the second time. I installed all the packages
>from ftp%3a%2f%2fmirror.cs.vt.edu%2fpub%2fcygwin%2fcygwin%2f mirror.
>
>My session then ran as follows (after I configured the mkpasswrd thing
>for my domain account):
>----
>gsfogus AT GSFogus ~
>$ ssh-host-config -y
>*** Query: Overwrite existing /etc/ssh_config file? (yes/no) yes
>*** Info: Creating default /etc/ssh_config file
>*** Query: Overwrite existing /etc/sshd_config file? (yes/no) yes
>*** Info: Creating default /etc/sshd_config file
>*** Info: Privilege separation is set to yes by default since OpenSSH 3.3.
>*** Info: However, this requires a non-privileged account called 'sshd'.
>*** Info: For more info on privilege separation read /usr/share/doc/openssh/READ
>ME.privsep.
>*** Query: Should privilege separation be used? (yes/no) yes
>*** Info: Updating /etc/sshd_config file
>*** Query: Overwrite existing /etc/inetd.d/sshd-inetd file? (yes/no) yes
>*** Info: Creating default /etc/inetd.d/sshd-inetd file
>*** Info: Updated /etc/inetd.d/sshd-inetd
>
>*** Info: Host configuration finished. Have fun!
>
>gsfogus AT GSFogus ~
>$ ssh localhost
>ssh: connect to host localhost port 22: Connection refused
>
>gsfogus AT GSFogus ~
>$ net start sshd
>System error 2 has occurred.
>
>The system cannot find the file specified.
>
>gsfogus AT GSFogus ~
>$ cygrunsrv -S sshd
>cygrunsrv: Error starting a service: StartService: Win32 error 2: application
>The system cannot find the file specified.
>
>gsfogus AT GSFogus ~
>$ ssh localhost
>ssh: connect to host localhost port 22: Connection refused
>----
>
>In order to get to this location, I followed these instructions:
>----
>1. After finishing installing Cygwin, right click ?My Computer?, and
>select ?Properties?, ?Advanced?, ?Environment Variables?. Click on the
>?New? button to add a new entry to ?System variables?. The new entry
>is called ?CYGWIN? and set the value to ?ntsec tty?.
>2. While in the environment variables dialog, confirm that ?Path? has
>?c:\cygwin\bin? (or wherever you have put Cygwin?s bin/ directory) in
>its definition.
>3. Run the following command in a Cygwin shell:
>
>>ssh-host-config ?y
>
>If the script asks you about ?privilege separation?, answer ?yes?.
>If the script asks about ?create a local user sshd on this machine?,
>answer ?yes?
>If the script asks you about ?install sshd as a service?, answer ?yes?
>When the script asks you for ?environment variable CYGWIN=?, answer ?ntsec tty?
>You may need to change the following permissions if error messages
>instruct you to do so when using Cygwin install version 2.573.2.3:
I can't comment on why you are having problems but setting the CYGWIN
environment variable to "ntsec tty" makes no sense at all. If it really
was required the ssh-host-config would set it for you automatically.
cgf
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