Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2004 11:24:37 +0200 From: Corinna Vinschen To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Problem starting sshd as a service Message-ID: <20040805092437.GG24647@cygbert.vinschen.de> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <20040804123351.75534.qmail@web11703.mail.yahoo.com> <200408051053.09293.gernot.hillier@siemens.com> <20040805085922.GE24647@cygbert.vinschen.de> <200408051111.39618.gernot.hillier@siemens.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200408051111.39618.gernot.hillier@siemens.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2i On Aug 5 11:11, Gernot Hillier wrote: > Am Donnerstag, 5. August 2004 10:59 schrieb Corinna Vinschen: > > Perhaps that's the problem. People running the script and decide not > > to install sshd as service, but change their mind at some later point. > > Well, for me it didn't work. Here's exactly what I do after a fresh Cygwin > installation to get it running: > > - setup ssh: > - set environment variable CYGWIN to "ntsec tty" (Control Panel/ > System/Advanced/Environmental Variables) > - call "ssh-host-config -y" in a cygwin window --> creates a user "sshd" > - chown SYSTEM /etc/ssh_host_* /var/empty > - net start sshd > - try to login with "ssh localhost" > > So for me it seems as sshd is installed as service but this last check somehow > fails. I'm sorry but that's not exactly helpful. I'd need a proof and at least a debug output of a script run. I'm also wondering sometimes why nobody tries to fix the bug (if there is one) instead of constantly working around it. It's just a shell script. It's not overly complicated, is it? Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Co-Project Leader mailto:cygwin@cygwin.com Red Hat, Inc. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/