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 Reply-To: Cygwin List Message-Id: <6.2.0.14.0.20050313205837.04ca42a0@pop.prospeed.net> Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2005 21:07:51 -0500 To: Beverly Klemme , cygwin@cygwin.com From: Larry Hall Subject: Re: password authenticiation problem In-Reply-To: <423460F8.3070603@comcast.net> References: <423460F8.3070603@comcast.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" At 10:49 AM 3/13/2005, you wrote: >I have installed cygwin on my WindowsXP laptop. When I try to ssh to username@127.0.0.1 it won't accept my password. I have changed my password and used the passwd command a few times to try to fix the problem. The last sentence in the User's Guide on 'passwd' may explain things here: Use Windows to change your password. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 -- 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/