X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <37ce792e0601240245t740b7df1x3f89005ee5a8931d@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2006 12:45:42 +0200 From: JC Oosthuizen To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: ssh starting problems. In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline References: <37ce792e0601190536x1268deaal93e2e8d7d5ec1b6a@mail.gmail.com> X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: 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 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by delorie.com id k0OAjuoN013523 > Did you use /usr/bin/ssh-host-config to set up sshd on the Win 2003 server? > Currently I am running sshd on two such servers and set them up using the > script. The script should detect that you are using Win 2003 and will ask if > you want it to create a "sshd_server" user account and assign the privileges it > needs under Local Security Policy to run properly. The sshd service should then > be run under this account. ssh was setup using ssh-host-config and worked correctly. I then upgraded cygwin by removing it and reinstalling it. In this process the sshd_server account was not deleted and was not recreated either. This caused the problems that occured. I just removed the sshd_server user and then ran ssh-host-config again and all worked as it should. Thanks for your help! > Although it's possible to set up/install sshd manually with cygrunsrv, IMHO the > script is just simpler. > > Cheers, > > Herman -- 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/